# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Derrick Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015074402` · 7/7/2015 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Derrick Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** San Antonio Bay, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was removing a heater from a platform. The heater was lifted up to tighten the chains before resuming the lift, but the heater stack (7 ft. pipe) broke off of the heater. The broken piece struck an employee, who suffered a severe concussion and broken bones in the neck.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*