# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Swift Beef Company
> OSHA SIR `2022076466` · 7/23/2022 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Company
- **Location:** 555 S. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a closed A-frame ladder to reach the top of an oil storage tank. The ladder slipped and he fell to the ground, suffering a back injury.

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