# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Walker Engineering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032145` · 3/8/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walker Engineering, Inc.
- **Location:** 1130 John Freeman Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77030
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping the apprentice install 6 inch rigid conduit. The injured worker was installing the conduit while the apprentice held the pipe. The conduit slipped out of the apprentice's hands and struck the injured worker's left hand injuring his finger. The finger was not amputated, but required surgery to repair.

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