# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043175` · 4/8/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 922 Meighan Blvd., GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up the rungs of a ladder when he slipped. He was approximately three to four rungs up when he fell to the ground, injuring his tailbone and back requiring hospitalization.

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