# Fractures at VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065577` · 6/18/2017 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 801 N. XANTHUS, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving square tubing and cutting the banding around the tubes. When he cut the last piece of banding, the metal tubing shifted and fell over onto his right leg/ankle, breaking it.

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