# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Hohl Industrial Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088471` · 8/16/2019 · NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hohl Industrial Services Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Niagara Scenic Parkway, NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, 14303
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 16, 2019, an employee was climbing a scaffold ladder carrying a wire spool. He fell to the ground about 15 feet below, injuring a vertebra in his lower back.

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