# Fractures at JEFF ASBELL EXCAVATING & TRUCKING
> OSHA SIR `20191111805` · 11/13/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **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:** JEFF ASBELL EXCAVATING & TRUCKING
- **Location:** 2299 S STATELINE AVE, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64803
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a trackhoe to move a water line in a trench using the bucket and a strap. The strap slipped and the pipe struck the employee, knocking the employee into the trench. The employee suffered two broken legs and was hospitalized.

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