# Fractures at Concrete Strategies
> OSHA SIR `2015096426` · 9/3/2015 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Concrete Strategies
- **Location:** Intersection of Berkley Ave. and McDonell Blvd., BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a sewer ditch while guiding a 10-foot steel pipe into position when the device holding the pipe slipped due to the plastic cover. The pipe struck the employee on his right tibia, causing a fracture.

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