# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Sterling Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2021098093` · 9/20/2021 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Paper Company
- **Location:** 1845 Progress Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling cartons of paper product from a skid located on the ground when a second skid of cartons fell and struck the employee on the right side of his chest, knocking him to the floor and resulting in a chest injury.

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