# Fractures at WHC, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076710` · 7/19/2017 · TROY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** WHC, LLC
- **Location:** 1249 Tennessee Gas Road, TROY, PENNSYLVANIA, 16947
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker install a 600-pound flange/pup onto another pipe. The coworker was using a homemade flange hook to hold the flange/pup when the flange/pup fell onto the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized with broken toes.

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