# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lincoln County Rural Water System, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021108877` · 10/15/2021 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln County Rural Water System, Inc
- **Location:** 27066 Henry Place, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57108
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a 20-foot length of 8-inch PVC pipe onto a pipe rack on a truck. The pipe struck him on the right side of the head above the ear resulting in injury. He also sustained a second injury on the left side of his head.

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