# Fractures at Driver Pipeline Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111444` · 11/2/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Driver Pipeline Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1152 Mississippi Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75207
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a pipeline tie-in operation, aligning a pipeline section with an existing pipeline. The nylon sling attached to the track hoe that was holding the pipeline section had too much slack, and the pipeline fell about 2 feet (while still in the sling) and struck the employee. The employee suffered a hairline hip fracture.

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