# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Reidman Companies
> OSHA SIR `2020065056` · 6/1/2020 · CORNING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Porches, balconies, decks, patios
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Reidman Companies
- **Location:** 176 Denison Parkway, CORNING, NEW YORK, 14830
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing appliance boxes over a third floor railing when the railing gave out and the employee fell approximately 24 feet to the ground. He experienced back pain and was not able to move his legs.

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