# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Skanska Walsh Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2019032632` · 3/12/2019 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska Walsh Joint Venture
- **Location:** LaGuardia Airport, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11371
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a 3-foot ductile steel pipe into an excavator bucket and felt a pop in his lower back. The employee was hospitalized.

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