# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Northwest Pipe Company
> OSHA SIR `2015063546` · 6/9/2015 · SAGINAW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest Pipe Company
- **Location:** 351 Longhorn Rd., SAGINAW, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a chock onto pipe to stabilize it on the conveyor. The employee tried to go over the machinery instead of around it, and his right thigh got caught by the moving conveyor machinery. He sustained a severe laceration and torn muscle, requiring surgery.

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