# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Riceland Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119945` · 11/16/2021 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Riceland Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 216 N Gee Street, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to check a metal detector when he fell approximately 4 feet to the floor, landing on his back, resulting in a back injury.

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