# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Empire Deck & Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065677` · 6/18/2020 · IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Deck & Steel LLC
- **Location:** 2544 Colorado Blvd, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80452
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While installing roof decking, an employee fell approximately 12 feet from a ladder. He landed on his back and was hospitalized with a back injury.

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