# Fractures at J T Thorpe Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010681` · 1/23/2017 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J T Thorpe Company
- **Location:** 2775 Gulf States Road, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing form boards inside a confined space cell. While working inside the cell, a piece of pipe (bell reducer) approximately 7" long, 8" diameter, and weighing 55 pounds fell approximately 35 feet and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a neck fracture and a left hand metacarpal fracture with a complex laceration over the web space.

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