# Fractures at HEPACO, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010326` · 1/12/2024 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HEPACO, LLC
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Ave, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was and co-worker were installing a pipe bracket in a shipboard tank. The pipe measured 1 1/2 feet, and the employee was on a ladder for the installation. As they removed the bracket, the pipe shifted and struck the employee, causing them to fall from the ladder to the tank floor. The employee suffered a fractured right femur.

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