# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at UniFirst Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022032354` · 3/15/2022 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## 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:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** UniFirst Corporation
- **Location:** 59 Lukens Drive, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a box truck parked at a loading dock. A ratchet strap that he was using came unhooked, causing him to fall backward through a gap between the truck and the building. He landed on his back on the asphalt below and suffered a back injury, as well as a head laceration.

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