# Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders at Simon Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2021054074` · 5/18/2021 · WHITEWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Simon Contractors
- **Location:** 11663 Crook City Road, WHITEWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57793
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the second step of a step-ladder unhooking a 4-inch hose. After unhooking the hose, the end of the hose caught his glove pulling the employee off the ladder to the deck two feet below the ladder. The hose continued to pull the employee to the ground approximately 2.5 feet below the stepladder. The employee suffered neck trauma and spinal cord swelling.

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