# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New Jersey American Water Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020065433` · 6/10/2020 · TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Confined spaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** New Jersey American Water Company Inc
- **Location:** 1158 Wayside Road, TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY, 07701
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After performing work in a vault, a mechanic was climbing up a ladder when his hand slipped and he fell 8 feet to the bottom of the vault. He sustained a leg injury that required surgery.

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