# Fractures at TETRA Technologies Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043597` · 4/14/2018 · CUDDY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TETRA Technologies Inc.
- **Location:** 700 Millers Run Road, CUDDY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15031
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a 55-gallon drum in place with his right leg while another employee was attempting to puncture the drum with the forks of a forklift. As the forklift operator applied pressure to the drum with the forks, the injured employee's foot became pinned to the ground under the drum, resulting in a fracture to his right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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