# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Gay & Son Masonry, LP
> OSHA SIR `2023054408` · 5/17/2023 · ABILENE, 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 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gay & Son Masonry, LP
- **Location:** 1525 E South 11th Street, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 17, 2023, an employee was carrying two bottles of water up a scaffolding ladder when he slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the dirt ground. The employee suffered a back injury that required surgery.

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