# Fractures at Star Pipe USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086908` · 8/13/2021 · S COFFEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Star Pipe USA LLC
- **Location:** 500 W. 4th Street, S COFFEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA, 74072
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the crow's nest of a charge deck operating an overhead crane to break foundry returns in a return pit. A section of gating exited the return pit and struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a compound fracture.

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