# Fractures at Schlumberger Technology Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017043891` · 4/29/2017 · FLAT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Schlumberger Technology Corp.
- **Location:** GPS coordinates 31.6589, -104.1463, FLAT, TEXAS, 76526
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a treating iron to make up a connection. After the connection was secured, the employee started to lower the treating iron when he lost his balance and dropped the treating iron. The weight of the load landed on his right leg, breaking his fibula and tibia.

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