# Fractures at Matrix NAC
> OSHA SIR `20191111448` · 11/3/2019 · LEIPSIC, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Matrix NAC
- **Location:** 4500 Pro Tec Parkway, LEIPSIC, OHIO, 45856
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was steadying an 8-inch pipe that was positioned on a pipe stand so that another employee could grind a tack weld on the pipe. The pipe slipped off the stand and crushed the injured employee's left arm against the stand. The injured employee sustained a broken ulna and radius and required surgery.

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