# Fractures at PRECISE HARD CHROME
> OSHA SIR `2022075990` · 7/10/2022 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** PRECISE HARD CHROME
- **Location:** 6613 N. 19TH ST., WACO, TEXAS, 76708
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straddling a bundle of tubes on the floor while cutting the banding off a bundle of tubes on a table. The bundle on the table separated when the band was cut. One of the tubes bounced off the table, landed on the employee's right leg, and pinned it against the tubes on the floor. The employee's leg was broken.

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