# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at PLW Waterworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023042927` · 4/3/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** PLW Waterworks, LLC
- **Location:** 3001 Aniol, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was signaling a trackhoe to connect a 37-foot long, 36-inch steel cement-lined pipe to an existing pipe. While pulling the pipes together, the strap around the pipe slipped and struck the employee across his right hip and left shoulder.

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