# Meniscus tears at COLBURN ELECTRIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20180910028` · 9/27/2018 · STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Meniscus tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COLBURN ELECTRIC COMPANY
- **Location:** N. Washington & W. McElroy Road, STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, 74075
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing electrical boxes when a plumbing pipe broke loose and fell on his right knee, severing cartilage and requiring hospitalization.

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