# Fractures at Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077471` · 7/24/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
- **Location:** 720 Long St, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a crew lift a welded steel beam that came apart and fell. The beam hit a metal pipe that then hit the employee's lower leg, fracturing and lacerating it.

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