# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at COASTAL BRIDGE
> OSHA SIR `2019021831` · 2/18/2019 · CONVENT, LOUISIANA
## 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COASTAL BRIDGE
- **Location:** 91490 Winnie Rd., CONVENT, LOUISIANA, 70723
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder on a stationary horizontal tank that was 10 feet above the ground. He fell off the ladder to the ground 6 to 8 feet below, injuring his back.

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