# Fractures and burns at Global Pipeline, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019066152` · 6/18/2019 · CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Natural gas
- **Secondary source:** Trenchers
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Pipeline, LLC
- **Location:** new pipeline contstruction, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, 73018
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a trenching machine when it struck an old, unmarked natural gas pipeline. The machine caught fire before the operator could turn it off; he suffered burns to his right hand as he left the cab, as well as a broken right knee and left wrist as he jumped to the ground. He was hospitalized.

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