# Fractures at O'Neal's Feeder Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017087750` · 8/14/2017 · DERIDDER, LOUISIANA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Neal's Feeder Supply
- **Location:** 1001 South Washington Street, DERIDDER, LOUISIANA, 70634
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing the vertical section of an EMT conduit beside a bucket elevator when a 10-foot joint became uncoupled and fell 60 feet from above. It struck and fractured the employee's right femur.

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