# Fractures at LB Foster
> OSHA SIR `2018099584` · 9/17/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LB Foster
- **Location:** 7814 Miller Rd 3, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 486990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bands around a pipe bundle. When the last band was cut, the pipes shifted and one struck his right shin, causing three fractures to his right tibia.

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