# Fractures at champion home builders 635 cessna st bartow fl 33830
> OSHA SIR `2023032197` · 3/9/2023 · BARTOW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** champion home builders 635 cessna st bartow fl 33830
- **Location:** 635 cessna st, BARTOW, FLORIDA, 33830
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a ratchet strap that was holding together a bundle of steel tubing. The strap gave way and the steel tubing fell and struck the employee's leg. The employee's leg was broken in two places and they were hospitalized.

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