# Fractures at Potts Welding and Boiler Repair Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032405` · 3/13/2020 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## 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:** Potts Welding and Boiler Repair Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 1901 Ogletown Road, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19711
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping move a bundle of metal tubes. A couple of the tubes came loose and fell onto the employee, pinning him against another bundle and breaking his right shin.

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