# Fractures at Utility Partners, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019022064` · 2/25/2019 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Utility Partners, LLC
- **Location:** 3rd Street, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39503
- **NAICS:** 221320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a band from a bundle of 8-inch sewer pipe with a gas-powered chop saw. The saw's diamond blade struck the employee's lower left leg, cutting it and breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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