# Fractures at Gulf Reduction Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016087931` · 8/23/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Reduction Corporation
- **Location:** 6020 Navigation, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77011
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a vertical pipe to remove a housing to a filter. After cutting the housing loose from the pipe, the employee removed the chain fall that had been used to raise the pipe. He attempted to shift the pipe slightly to replace the housing. The pipe fell straight down, striking and fracturing his left middle and ring fingers. He required surgery.

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