# Fractures at Oceaneering International, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109805` · 10/24/2023 · PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Oceaneering International, Inc
- **Location:** 1700 C Ave, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32401
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pneumatic carousel to create steel tubing bundles. A snatch block controlling the tension of a rope holding the bundles together snapped, causing the steel tubes to fall and strike the employee in the lower right knee. The employee sustained a right tibial plateau fracture.

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