# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Gonzalez Construction Enterprise, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023099009` · 9/29/2023 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gonzalez Construction Enterprise, Inc.
- **Location:** 27000 Fm 529 Rd., KATY, TEXAS, 77493
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were at the edge of an excavation at a construction site waiting for the excavator to remove a stuck pipe. As the pipe released from the excavation, it ricocheted off the trench box and struck the injured employee's face. The employee sustained facial injuries to the nose, jaw, and chin that required surgery.

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