# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at LKQ Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023032406` · 3/16/2023 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## 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 less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ Corporation
- **Location:** 4330 Morse Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43230
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a lift gate, unloading a transmission into the back of a delivery vehicle. The employee stepped backward, slipped on transmission fluid, and fell backward from the lift gate to the concrete ground. The employee suffered a back injury.

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