# Fractures at Fluor Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016032411` · 3/21/2016 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Fluor Corporation
- **Location:** 8303 Sjolander Rd., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pipe to another pipe to be welded. As the employee was maneuvering out of the way of the moving pipe, he tripped on another pipe that was laying on the ground. He fell onto that pipe and broke his left wrist, requiring hospitalization.

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