# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Missouri American Water
> OSHA SIR `2015043762` · 4/14/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Missouri American Water
- **Location:** 4194 Meremac Bottom Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a tractor was travelling down a steep slope into a water basin when the tractor sped up and travelled down at a high rate of speed. When he reached the bottom, the tractor bounced and jarred him, causing a back injury that required hospitalization.

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