# Fractures at Cactus Drilling Company
> OSHA SIR `2018044099` · 4/28/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Drilling Company
- **Location:** Pearl Pass 2116-27 2H, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was installing a top drive track during a rig move when it became hung up on a girt. The top drive track was freed and whipped, striking an employee in the head. The employee suffered broken right cheek bones, a broken jaw bone, and a right shoulder injury.

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