# Fractures at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
> OSHA SIR `2024043638` · 4/25/2024 · FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- **Location:** Unknown location, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, 87401
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was setting pipe while standing on the breakout table assisting the driller with tripping drill rods out of the hole. The injured employee was stepping off the breakout table and placed his right foot on the middle table in a pinch point, when it became caught between the top and middle tables as the middle breakout section rotated. They sustained open fractures to their metatarsal bones.

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