# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New Earth
> OSHA SIR `2020032042` · 3/3/2020 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New Earth
- **Location:** 6205 FM 2855, KATY, TEXAS, 77493
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were fixing and troubleshooting a machine. One of them was on a ladder on top of a belt that needed to be replaced, 3.5 feet high. The machine was activated and the belt moved the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground and injure his lower right leg.

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