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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020043482 · 4/16/2020 · Forza Pipeline Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Metal pipes, tubing

Employer

Name
Forza Pipeline Services
Location
Hwy 137 and Hwy 176 approximately 4 miles south, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
NAICS
237120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing a pipeline in a trench. The employee coiled tubing on a spool and was attempting to tie in two pipe ends when the pipe slipped and flexed, striking and fracturing the employee's fibula.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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