# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kommerling USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211371` · 12/6/2016 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Kommerling USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 3402 STANWOOD BOULEVARD, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35811
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were attempting to lift a 500-pound grinder bag full of polyvinyl chloride powder when the bag slipped and struck the employee, knocking him to the floor. He suffered head and lower back injuries.

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