# Fractures at Jayhawk Pipeline, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `20171211773` · 12/12/2017 · BUHLER, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jayhawk Pipeline, L.L.C.
- **Location:** Hollow Station, BUHLER, KANSAS, 67522
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to remove an abandoned 20-foot section of 10" pipe from a trench. When the pipe was free from the trench, it swung around and hit the employee's lower leg, breaking it and requiring hospitalization.

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