# Fractures at Energy Services South
> OSHA SIR `2015021264` · 2/9/2015 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Energy Services South
- **Location:** 2334 State Highway 361, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was struck by a 12-inch pipe while it was being lowered into a three-foot deep trench, breaking his leg in two places above the ankle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*