# Cuts, lacerations at Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043174` · 4/3/2018 · POWHATAN POINT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC
- **Location:** Rig 803, POWHATAN POINT, OHIO, 43942
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the rig floor when a chain broke while cement was being piped into the casing. The broken chain struck the employee on the hard hat resulting in a laceration and a possible eye socket fracture.

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