# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Naval Air Station Fallon
> OSHA SIR `2018076843` · 7/9/2018 · FALLON, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Coccygeal region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall while sitting
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Naval Air Station Fallon
- **Location:** 4755 Pasture Road, FALLON, NEVADA, 89496
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of sitting in an office chair with rollers when he stepped on one of the wheels, causing the chair to roll out from under him. He then fell on and injured his tailbone.

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