# Fractures at PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025032132` · 3/5/2025 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble or fall on same level  fall unspecified
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Pipes and tubes  plastic, PVC, rubber
## Employer
- **Name:** PIPELIFE JET STREAM INC.
- **Location:** 1700 South Lincoln Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was removing a gasket that was hung up on a mandrel and stepped over a 18-inch PVC pipe that was being produced. When they planted their foot on the ground, they sustained a fractured left ankle.

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