# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at LEM Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021051` · 2/2/2017 · RICHMOND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LEM Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5400 Riverwood Dr, RICHMOND, TEXAS, 77469
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an excavation, tightening flange bolts on a pipe, while an excavator operator was changing the excavator bucket nearby. The bucket came loose, hit the ground, and rolled approximately 10 feet into the excavation, striking the employee and pinning him underneath it. He suffered a lower leg injury.

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