# Fractures at Turner Specialty Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054028` · 5/3/2017 · CARVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Specialty Services, LLC
- **Location:** 6325 LA Hwy 75, CARVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70721
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a catalyst into a reactor when the pipe containing the catalyst became clogged. He attempted to unclog it by making a horizontal cut in the pipe when it whipped around, striking him. He suffered a fractured scapula, six fractured ribs, and a T-12 spinal disc compression.

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