# Fractures at Bell Bottom Foundation Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017065495` · 6/15/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Bell Bottom Foundation Co.
- **Location:** Highway SH 288 medium north of Old Spanish Trail Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77021
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a 10-inch pipe when the jack stand that was supporting the pipe sank into the ground, causing the pipe to strike and break the employee's left femur.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*