# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Maddox Electric Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087555` · 8/12/2016 · BAY LAKE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Maddox Electric Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 471 W. Savannah Circle, BAY LAKE, FLORIDA, 32821
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing electrical conduit when he fell 3 feet, 7 inches through an expansion joint opening in the floor, landing on top of an I-beam and injuring his vertebrae.

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