# Fractures at Triad Measurement & Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021558` · 2/14/2018 · NEW CANEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Triad Measurement & Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 22216 McCleskey Road, NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 334519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a pipe approximately 36 inches long. The pipe slipped from the crane rigging, contacted the floor first and then contacted the employee's lower shin area of the right leg. The employee suffered a lower leg fracture.

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