# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Environmental Abatement Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022021392` · 2/14/2022 · HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Abatement Inc
- **Location:** 5894 A Ave, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, 84056
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was vacuuming heavy metals in the attic of a building when he fell through a sheet rock ceiling and landed on the floor approximately 30 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with lower back injuries.

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