# Fractures at Pipeline Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2021077496` · 7/22/2021 · LEVELLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pipeline Plastics
- **Location:** 2309 Commerce Dr, LEVELLAND, TEXAS, 79336
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a plastic pipe, checking a secondary pipe print line. The pipe rolled back on top of the employee, who was pinned to the pipe stack and suffered a broken right femur.

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