# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at VACA Underground Utilities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110974` · 11/15/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VACA Underground Utilities, Inc.
- **Location:** 2500 Commerce Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77003
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for a leak in a water main. He was walking on the pipe when he slipped and bumped his head on a trench box. His back also hit the pipe. He suffered head and back injuries, requiring hospitalization.

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