# Fractures at Repcon, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191011116` · 10/24/2019 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Repcon, Inc
- **Location:** 26100 LA - 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting two sections of 3-inch schedule 50 piping. While the employee was offloading the trailer and moving the pipes from a pallet to cribbing, a pipe slipped and fell onto the employee's right foot; the employee then fell while turning, hitting the ground and suffering a broken fibula and tibia.

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