# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at USA Grading Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119590` · 11/1/2022 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** USA Grading Inc.
- **Location:** Lot 43, Valencia Golf, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34120
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a skid steer with dirt in the bucket. The skid steer drove over uneven ground, causing the bucket to tilt forward and hit the ground. As a result, the employee's head struck the bar on the front top part of the cab. The employee sustained a compression injury to the neck and upper back that included two injured vertebral discs that required surgery.

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