# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Griffith Trucking
> OSHA SIR `20171212007` · 12/18/2017 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Griffith Trucking
- **Location:** 1901 W. Evergreen Ave., EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 18, 2017, an employee tripped/slipped while stepping out of a truck and fell backwards onto concrete. He suffered head and neck injuries, requiring hospitalization.

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