# Fractures at TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
> OSHA SIR `2016065706` · 6/25/2016 · WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
- **Location:** 7900 METROPOLIS LAKE ROAD, WEST PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, 42086
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was flushing the intake water of the fossil plant when a pipe broke loose on the unit and struck the employee on the elbow, breaking the employee's arm.

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