# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021795` · 2/26/2023 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
- **Location:** 6120 West Douglas Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53218
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 7-foot step ladder to place a switch on the back of warehouse equipment using a hand drill. After finishing, the employee began descending the ladder and missed the last step, falling onto a protruding metal hinge. The employee sustained right ribcage and back injuries.

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