# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Able Engineering Services
> OSHA SIR `2016032163` · 3/11/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Able Engineering Services
- **Location:** 150 N. Wacker Dr., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized after sustaining back injuries while lifting a 10-foot ladder.

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