# Fractures at Mine Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017021229` · 2/8/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mine Service Inc
- **Location:** 415 Transport Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a handrail system in a newly constructed railcar unloading facility. A railway machine that was slowly moving through the area contacted some construction material, causing it to pivot and pin the employee's leg between the material and the edge of the concrete slab. The employee suffered a leg laceration and fractures, requiring hospitalization.

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