# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at REPUBLIC SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2022064979` · 6/9/2022 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** REPUBLIC SERVICES
- **Location:** 1220 S BROOKSIDE AVE, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64052
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained back pain while installing a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter on a trash truck.

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