# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Boccard Pipe Fabricators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109532` · 10/10/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Boccard Pipe Fabricators, Inc.
- **Location:** 2500 Galveston Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload pipe from a trailer. When he attempted to roll the pipe, his left knee was pinned between a pipe stake and a trailer. He pushed the pipe back and dislodged himself. He suffered a deep knee laceration, tendon damage, and a kneecap fracture.

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