# Fractures at Seneca Mechanical, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211176` · 12/7/2023 · KILLEEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Seneca Mechanical, LLC
- **Location:** Building 39043, KILLEEN, TEXAS, 76544
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

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