# Fractures at Cooper Ports America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019021491` · 2/10/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Ports America, LLC
- **Location:** 111 EASt Loop N, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While discharging bundled pipe, an employee fell into a hole caused by the pipe shifting in transit.  The employee suffered a fractured right leg and was hospitalized.

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