# Fractures at JTB Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010853` · 1/25/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JTB Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2929 Bay Area Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77058
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing close to an excavator when the equipment hit a pipe, which then moved toward him. His boot was caught on something, so he was unable to move before the pipe struck his left leg, fracturing his tibia and fibula.

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