# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Pilgrims Pride
> OSHA SIR `2016054135` · 5/12/2016 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride
- **Location:** 928 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling tenders off of chickens as they passed her work station.  As she stepped off her platform (9.5 inches), she slipped or tripped and fell to the ground in a seated position, injuring her back.

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