# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Strike Operating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023031899` · 3/1/2023 · THREE RIVERS, TEXAS
## 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 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Strike Operating Company, LLC
- **Location:** 130 Goodhope Rd., THREE RIVERS, TEXAS, 78071
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed plywood that was covering a hole so that a crane could fly in a flange. The employee fell through the hole in the floor, contacting a flange approximately 41 inches below. The employee then fell approximately 47 inches, contacting an aluminum step stool, before falling approximately 19 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a spinal injury that required surgery.

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