# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at H & H Plumbing and Utility, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010896` · 1/28/2015 · EDMOND, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** H & H Plumbing and Utility, Inc.
- **Location:** 1101 W. I-35 Frontage Rd., EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, 73025
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Worker was hit on the left forearm by a backhoe's bucket while he was standing in a 3 feet deep trench parallel to another trench approximately 4 feet away. The backhoe was approximately 8 feet away from the injured worker. The dirt in the trench where the backhoe was located gave out and caused the backhoe to swing and hit the employee.

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