# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Able Engineering Services
> OSHA SIR `2016053794` · 5/4/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Able Engineering Services
- **Location:** 211 S. Clark St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60604
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a wooden ladder and leaned it up against a handrail while attempting to work on an overhead light. The ladder slipped down and the employee fell onto the handrail resulting in an injury to his chest and abdomen area.

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