# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Smithfield Foods Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015052867` · 5/14/2015 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods Incorporated
- **Location:** 5015 S 33rd St, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a 12-lb box up the stairs when the box began to slip out of his hand.  He tried to catch it and missed a step. He lost his balance and fell down eight stairs, landing on his left leg.

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