# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at John Plott Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021322` · 2/9/2017 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** John Plott Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Adjacent to 3346 Redbud Lane, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71108
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a trench box waiting on pipe to be lowered when a piece of PVC pipe fell from above and struck the employee's leg above the ankle.

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