# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Zachry Industrial
> OSHA SIR `2024065460` · 6/19/2024 · PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  overhead, cable
## Employer
- **Name:** Zachry Industrial
- **Location:** 20200 Highway 23, PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70083
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a chain fall to move a piece of pipe. The connection to the beam failed causing the pipe to fall and contact the employee's right leg just above the ankle. The employee sustained a fracture and dislocation to the tibia.

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