# Fractures at Lockhart Excavation LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098219` · 9/4/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lockhart Excavation LLC
- **Location:** 5820 1/2 Gilbert RD, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78724
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator placed HDPE utility pipes on 4x4 logs. An employee used his foot to stop a pipe from rolling and a pipe rolled onto his leg, resulting in a fractured knee cap that required surgery.

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