# Fractures at C.H. Nickerson & CO., INC
> OSHA SIR `2019010927` · 1/25/2019 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** C.H. Nickerson & CO., INC
- **Location:** 250 JT Connell Highway, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the banding from around a group of pipes when the pipes rolled over his foot and twisted his knee. The employee suffered a left kneecap fracture.

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