# Fractures at Tetra Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2019077402` · 7/19/2019 · GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Tetra Technologies
- **Location:** 191 A.J Estay Rd, GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA, 70357
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a fluid treatment process. The employee had just closed a 4-inch valve on a "T" manifold when he tripped and fell forward, striking the shin of his right leg against a valve handle and then landing on the ground. The employee's right leg sustained a spiral fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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