# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U.S. Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098457` · 9/1/2017 · NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29405
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was descending into a tank using a permanent fixed ladder when he received an electrical shock, which caused him to lose his grip on the ladder and fall. He fell approximately 20 feet and struck a platform. He then bounced off the platform handrail and fell another 8 feet to the bottom of the tank, suffering shoulder, rib, and back injuries.

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