# Fractures at KDC-Tritech Laboratories
> OSHA SIR `20191111607` · 11/7/2019 · NEW ALBANY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** KDC-Tritech Laboratories
- **Location:** 8825 Smiths Mill Road, NEW ALBANY, OHIO, 43054
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring bulk material from a tanker truck to a storage tank. The employee's leg was struck by the transfer hose when the hose coupling broke. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower leg and required surgery.

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