# Fractures at WHC Services
> OSHA SIR `20181111515` · 11/8/2018 · BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WHC Services
- **Location:** 300 Industrial Trace, BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA, 70518
- **NAICS:** 486990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a skid around a 24-inch pipe, which was in a sling attached to a crane. The crane raised the sling and the employee's right leg was broken between two sections of the pipe.

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