# Fractures at MEI
> OSHA SIR `2015086126` · 8/25/2015 · DE KALB, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MEI
- **Location:** 5935 Hwy 493, DE KALB, MISSISSIPPI, 39328
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the lay down yard when a 12 inch pipe shifted and pinned his left leg between two pipes. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a broken tibia.

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