# Fractures at Dave Roman Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097780` · 9/9/2021 · DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Dave Roman Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** Maple Avenue, DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15801
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a water-line. While unbolting a fitting on an unused PVC waterline, the PVC pipe blew apart and the employee was struck by pieces of the pipe and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.

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