# Fractures at TPG Pressure, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119789` · 11/11/2021 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Concrete or clay pipes and conduits
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TPG Pressure, Inc.
- **Location:** 4416 Prarie Hill Rd, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a metal strap on both sides of a 20-foot long pipe. There was a welding machine on each side of the pipe. The pipes were placed on a conveyor which moved the pipes toward the pre-stress wiring machine. While the employee was walking between the pipes, a pipe rolled backward off the conveyor and caught the employee between the pipes. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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