# Fractures at Louisiana Crane & Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021509` · 2/16/2023 · RANKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple pelvic region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Louisiana Crane & Construction LLC
- **Location:** FM1555 and Highway 349 South, RANKIN, TEXAS, 79778
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a crane tire crane using a compressor. The rim failed, causing parts to fly off and strike him in the abdomen and pelvis. The employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen and fractures of the pelvis and left femoral head.

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