# Fractures at Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010623` · 1/19/2018 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 901 S 1st St, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a 7-foot pipe when he stepped on a pallet and dropped the pipe, which then struck his leg and fractured his femur.

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