# Fractures at Posillico Civil Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099036` · 9/23/2016 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Posillico Civil Inc.
- **Location:** 285 E. 138Th Street, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10454
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee grinded a steel pipe that was approximately 24" in diameter x 40' long. An excavator machine with a nylon strap then raised the pipe. One end of the strap was connected to the excavator machine and the other end of the strap was around the pipe. During the pipe raising, one end of the pipe came free and struck the employee's left leg, breaking it below the knee.

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