# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Harling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098607` · 9/7/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
## Employer
- **Name:** Harling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1221 W. Sherwin Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60626
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand-controlling a hoist to bring up a load of bricks when the entire hoist system tipped back and fell on top of him, injuring his back.

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