# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Excel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043512` · 4/28/2021 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Inc.
- **Location:** 4000 Cedar Boulevard, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the second level of a processing unit with a leaf blower. The employee fell through a 4-foot gap in the railing, landing on the floor and suffering bruises, lacerations, and a knee injury requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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