# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Preferred Freezer Services of Houston Express, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032176` · 3/8/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Preferred Freezer Services of Houston Express, LLC
- **Location:** 7080 Express Lane, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a trailer for a semi-truck to hook up to it. When the semi-truck backed up to connect to the trailer, the employee was struck and pushed under the trailer. The employee was hospitalized for injuries to his upper torso and jaw.

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