# Fractures at K3 Directional Drilling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076980` · 7/24/2020 · LAKE CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** K3 Directional Drilling, Inc.
- **Location:** 441 and I-10, LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, 32024
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using steel tongs to attach a 15-foot metal rod to the existing drill rod string. The drill rod began rotating and the employee was stuck by the pipe tongs causing a left forearm fracture.

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