# Fractures at Bilfinger, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021076256` · 7/28/2021 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Bilfinger, Inc
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Drive, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 1-inch tube from a furnace undergoing routine maintenance. The 40-foot long tube shattered and fell, hitting the employee on the back. The employee suffered multiple spine fractures and was hospitalized.

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