# Fractures at Port Personnel Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111435` · 11/2/2019 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Port Personnel Services, LLC
- **Location:** 222 Power Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78403
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was hooking up a cargo load in the hull of a boat when the straps holding the pipes broke, allowing the pipes to fall on top of him and strike his legs. He suffered a broken left leg and right leg laceration.

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