# Fractures at Mersino Dewatering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065043` · 6/3/2017 · OLMSTED, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Mersino Dewatering, Inc.
- **Location:** 675 New Dam Road, OLMSTED, ILLINOIS, 62970
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rotating a 14-inch steel casting pipe on a pipe rack roller when the employee was pinned between the rack and the pipe. The employee suffered a broken left leg and possible left middle finger amputation.

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