# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Juan Ortiz
> OSHA SIR `2016032562` · 3/26/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Juan Ortiz
- **Location:** 10934 Wickwild, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77024
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing siding on a house and stepped from one side of a scaffold to the edge of a 2 x 12 platform on another scaffold. He lost his balance and fell on his back, and the platform then landed on his face. He suffered a laceration above his left eyebrow and a back injury.

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