# Fractures at Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Connecticut
> OSHA SIR `2023098959` · 9/28/2023 · LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pedowitz Machinery Movers of Connecticut
- **Location:** 1000 Western Ave, LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01901
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an acetylene torch to cut through a 36-inch steel air compressor pipe for the removal of a compressor from the jobsite. After the employee cut the top and sides of the pipe, it buckled and pinned his leg against the floor/wall of the area below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

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