# Fractures at General Dynamics I.T.
> OSHA SIR `2018010773` · 1/23/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics I.T.
- **Location:** Norfolk Naval Shipyard, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 519190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was crossing the street when an unsecured load of pipe fell off a flatbed truck and struck him, fracturing his leg.

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