# Fractures at WHARTON-SMITH, INC
> OSHA SIR `2024054204` · 5/13/2024 · LEESBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WHARTON-SMITH, INC
- **Location:** 27405 US HWY 27, LEESBURG, FLORIDA, 34748
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were cutting two feet off the bottom of an 8-inch vertical pipe inside a wet well when the block on top of the pipe shifted and the pipe fell. The injured employee's left wrist was crushed between the existing flange and the bottom of the pipe. The employee sustained three fractures.

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