# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ranger Fire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010590` · 1/20/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ranger Fire, Inc.
- **Location:** Orleans at Fannin Station, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77045
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell down an unmarked, open elevator shaft, hitting the ground and sustaining a back injury that required surgery.

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