# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Gulf States Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031972` · 3/5/2016 · NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf States Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 7222 Washington St., NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, 34652
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working off an extension ladder when the bottom of the ladder slipped and the employee fell off, landing on his feet and injuring his back.

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