# Fractures at Pumpco,  Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010758` · 1/26/2016 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barbed-wire fences
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Pumpco,  Inc.
- **Location:** Bacacita Farm Rd, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79601
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While a backhoe was pulling dirt into a hole, it caught the wire on a nearby barbed wired fence. The backhoe pulled the wire out, causing it to strike and break the leg of a nearby employee.

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