# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations
> OSHA SIR `2023010116` · 1/5/2023 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations
- **Location:** 300 Kodak Blvd., LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 325188
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to climb an 8-foot scaffold ladder to install a 6-inch piping blind flange. As the employee climbed to the fourth rung of the ladder, he struck the top of his hardhat on an overhead pipe. The employee fell from the scaffold ladder approximately 4-5 feet before landing on his hip and striking his head on the ground. He sustained spine and neck injuries that required surgery.

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