# Crushing injuries at Thompson Pipe Group
> OSHA SIR `20181212437` · 12/4/2018 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Pipe Group
- **Location:** 1004 McArthur Blvd, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was breaking a flange free from a pipe that was approximately 90" in diameter. When the pipe flange broke free it smashed the employee's left foot against an immovable object.

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