# Fractures at MLN Company
> OSHA SIR `2025010027` · 1/2/2025 · CYPRESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** MLN Company
- **Location:** 21214 Northwest Freeway, CYPRESS, TEXAS, 77429
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 6-inch black steel pipe from underground with an excavator holding the pipe up off the ground. The employee was cutting through the pipe using a cutting torch and needed it raised to finish the cut. The employee moved approximately 5 feet away from the pipe. As the excavator was raising the pipe, the pipe broke and swung toward the employee, striking him in the femur. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur and required surgery.

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