# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at WM Recycle America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087744` · 8/31/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** WM Recycle America, LLC
- **Location:** 9590 Clay Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77080
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by the side of a truck trailer. A wheel loader pushed a 900-pound bale of cardboard over the side of the trailer and the bale struck the employee, who suffered back injuries.

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