# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032562` · 3/22/2022 · HIGHLANDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 222 Kerry Rd., HIGHLANDS, TEXAS, 77562
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance work in a tunnel under a production line. The employee fell approximately 9 feet through an open manhole, landed on the concrete level below, and suffered neck and back injuries.

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