# Fractures at Joe's Quality Welding and Fab.
> OSHA SIR `2020021832` · 2/25/2020 · SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Joe's Quality Welding and Fab.
- **Location:** 1207 Virginia St, SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77587
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a piece of 36" cutter pipe on a welding table. When the table was moved, the pipe fell onto the employee's knee, fracturing his tibia. He then fell from his stool and suffered a laceration to the side of his head.

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