# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2019054732` · 5/9/2019 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 5860 45 St #258, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33407
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing internal maintenance on a waste sorting machine and sustained a back injury while attempting to crawl out of the tight space.

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