# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Federal Aviation Administration
> OSHA SIR `2018055059` · 5/23/2018 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Aviation Administration
- **Location:** Jacksonville Airport Authority Building, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32218
- **NAICS:** 926120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leaning against the loading dock's railing when it broke and he fell off the loading dock about 4 feet to the ground, striking a bollard along the way. He injured his back and was hospitalized.

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