# Fractures at C.D. SMITH CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `20181212670` · 12/10/2018 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** C.D. SMITH CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 212 W Wisconsin Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53202
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a rack of horizontal piping with a with a reciprocating saw while standing on the floor. He freed both ends of the pipe and the pipe fell onto his right leg breaking the lower leg.

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