# Fractures at Steam & Process Repairs
> OSHA SIR `2023032771` · 3/28/2023 · CONVENT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Steam & Process Repairs
- **Location:** 7250 LA 44, CONVENT, LOUISIANA, 70723
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a scaffold, cleaning, installing, and repairing pipes, when a 500-pound carbon steel enclosure struck the right side of the employee's back. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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