# Fractures at U.S. Water Services Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017054722` · 5/25/2017 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Water Services Corporation
- **Location:** Country Meadows Blvd., PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33565
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an inflatable flow-through plug into a sewer pipe when the sewer pipe broke. The inflatable plug became dislodged and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it.

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