# Fractures at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088742` · 8/22/2019 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 971 Shaver Street, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72762
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tie-down straps from a trailer load of plastic pipe. When the tie-downs were removed, the pipe rolled off the trailer and struck the employee's left ankle, fracturing it.

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