# Fractures at TC Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015052708` · 5/8/2015 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** TC Construction
- **Location:** 4301Degussa Rd, THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to separate a piece of angle iron on the pipe rack with his hands. He separated one side of the angle iron from the other two pieces. He was walking next to the pipe rack to get to the other side when the pipe rack collapsed and landed on him, breaking his leg.

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