# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Howard Energy Partners
> OSHA SIR `20181212613` · 12/8/2018 · 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Energy Partners
- **Location:** 4669 Joe Fulton Trade Corridor, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78402
- **NAICS:** 488330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the safety platform on top of a tank car tightening up the bolts on a hatch with a ratchet. While turning the ratchet, the socket came off the bolt causing the employee to fall backwards approximately 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury.

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