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OSHA Injury Report: PLW Waterworks

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at PLW Waterworks in 1725 Hughes Landing Blvd. Suite 1200, The Woodlands, TX 77380 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was excavator operator in water treatment plants.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
PLW Waterworks
Parent company
Pepper Lawson Waterworks, LLC
Street
1725 Hughes Landing Blvd. Suite 1200
City
The Woodlands
State
TX
ZIP
77380
On-site location
P5J - NBU Trinity New Braunfels

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
37

Before the incident

lifting a hammer drill (attachment) to remove it off the excavator.

What happened

while trying to remove hammer drill IE pulled on hydraulic line forcefully to detach it. Felt sharp pain in abdomen.

Injury or illness

hernia

Object or substance involved

force pressure of pulling

Summary line

inguinal hernia

Employee and industry

Job description
excavator operator
SOC code
47-5022 — Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
349
Total hours worked
678943
EIN
451830827
Establishment ID
182203
Employer case #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02MAR24:05:38:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.