# Fractures at United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111530` · 11/8/2018 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2023 Saint Louis Avenue, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cement mixer when his right leg was caught in the mixer paddles. His right leg was broken and his left knee was lacerated.

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