# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Evergreen Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2015074829` · 7/20/2015 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergreen Industrial Services
- **Location:** 8280 Sheldon Rd., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hydro blaster while cleaning a heat exchanger. As he exited a scaffold that was 15 to 20 feet in height, he slipped and fell through the ladder cage onto the concrete surface, injuring his lower back. He was hospitalized for surgery on his lower back.

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