# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Prince Metal Stampings USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086720` · 8/10/2021 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Chutes
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prince Metal Stampings USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 1305 Airport Industrial Drive, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35904
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a scrap chute cover to get to the other side of a press. A locking mechanism on the cover failed and the employee fell 16 feet to the level below the press, suffering a head laceration and a possible back injury.

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