# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Helmerich & Payne Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018010116` · 1/4/2018 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Helmerich & Payne Inc
- **Location:** South of Pecos, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a rig floor when equipment fell off a mast as it was erected and struck the employee, causing significant head and neck injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

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