# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at AEP Texas Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088390` · 8/15/2018 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## 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 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP Texas Inc.
- **Location:** 2637 Arshia, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78414
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transitioning from an electrical pole to a ladder when he fell 20 feet to the ground, injuring his spine.

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