# Fractures at Foss-Oil Energy Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010209` · 10/24/2017 · KENEDY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** Foss-Oil Energy Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Marathon Oil Jobsite, KENEDY, TEXAS, 78119
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a heavy equipment operator move a joint of pipe by holding a tag line. As he was walking with the pipe, he stepped on a rock and lost his balance, falling onto and breaking his right leg. He had surgery.

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