# Fractures at GE/Wabtec Manufacturing Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022043246` · 4/13/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** GE/Wabtec Manufacturing Solutions
- **Location:** 16201 Three Wide Drive., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76177
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were working to drain condensate in a dead-leg tee on the compressed air header in preparation for hooking up a rental compressor to the header. Employee 1 opened the isolation valve to drain the tee and the butterfly valve opened more than expected. The disconnected 3-inch hose at the end of the line began whipping around and the fitting on the end of the hose struck Employee 2 in the lower right 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*