# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at YOUNGQUIST BROTHERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015129881` · 12/29/2015 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Derricks and related equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** YOUNGQUIST BROTHERS, INC.
- **Location:** 16001 Airport Haul Rd., FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33913
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a derrick about 10 feet off the ground and was being lifted to disconnect the elevator. A wire rope under tension snapped back striking the employee and throwing him in the air and then back down. The employee was wearing a safety harness and he only fell the length of his lanyard or about 4 feet. The employee injured his back and was hospitalized.

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