# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Renovate, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015096864` · 9/18/2015 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Renovate, Inc
- **Location:** Aris Street, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70005
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an enclosed balcony putting up flashing between the balcony and the porch. The employee went on the outside of the balcony. He was holding on to the railing when it became loose and he fell approximately nine feet to the ground below injuring the hip, shoulder, ribs and lung.

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