# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at SEARS HOLDING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019044216` · 4/25/2019 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SEARS HOLDING, INC.
- **Location:** 600 Richland Mall, MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44906
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching the dock plate to a truck in the loading area when the truck drove forward and the employee fell approximately 4 feet to the ground between the dock and the truck. The employee sustained a knee injury that required surgery.

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