# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Permian Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2015097220` · 9/17/2015 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Permian Plastics
- **Location:** 1477 Hoff Industrial Drive, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was injured on September 17, 2015, while retrieving a mold for setup of a plastic injection molding machine. The employee was retrieving a mold from a rack system approximately 8 feet tall.  He climbed to the second shelf of the rack system (approximately 4-5 feet) off the floor.  When attempting to descend the rack system he slipped and fell to the floor below.  He landed on his buttocks and back.

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