# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Matrix North American Construction, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015075086` · 7/27/2015 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Matrix North American Construction, Inc
- **Location:** 1520 20th St, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a blast furnace, checking rigging that was used to install the large valve linkage. The employee bent down and started having lower back spasms, requiring hospitalization.

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