# Fractures at Vector Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112108` · 11/27/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Vector Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** County Road 306, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench, helping fit up a section of 24-inch pipe. The pipe section pinned him to the trench wall and broke his pelvis. He was hospitalized.

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