# Fractures at McDermott International, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191112020` · 11/19/2019 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** McDermott International, Inc
- **Location:** 2855 Pure Atlantic Road, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing a 6-inch pipe spool during a bull rigging operation. He went to move a piece of chain out of the way when the pipe spool came down onto his right forearm. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured bones in the right forearm.

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