# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Alcon
> OSHA SIR `2021021575` · 2/21/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcon
- **Location:** 9965 Buffalo Speedway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 3-4 ft. platform ladder adjusting a vacuum hose in a resin super sack. The platform ladder fell over and the employee fell to the concrete floor, sustaining injuries to the back and leg.

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