# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Abbott
> OSHA SIR `20171010321` · 10/27/2017 · PAWLING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Photographic equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott
- **Location:** 59 Wang Dang Doodle Loop, PAWLING, NEW YORK, 12564
- **NAICS:** 512199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually lowering a lift gate on a 5th wheel trailer. Other members of the team removed a camera arm from the trailer. The injured employee then bent down to remove wheel chocks and the camera arm struck him on the head resulting in a compression injury to the upper neck (C2-C5).

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