# Fractures at The Sprinkler Shop, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016043008` · 4/11/2016 · RUPERT, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Sprinkler Shop, Inc
- **Location:** 375 West 100 South, RUPERT, IDAHO, 83350
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering an irrigation pipe into a trench when the pipe slipped from its rigging. The employee's knee was caught between the falling pipe and a coupler screw, requiring surgery to remove shattered bones from the knee.

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