# Fractures at Top Water Midstream, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109858` · 10/13/2017 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Top Water Midstream, LLC
- **Location:** Hwy 176, 8 miles west of I-20, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79707
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were offloading pipes from an 18-wheeler and laying them on the ground. The operator dropped the load too soon, and the pipes struck an employee's left leg, breaking the tibia in two places.

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