# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Biomat USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023064959` · 6/5/2023 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Biomat USA Inc.
- **Location:** 2410 Grifols Way, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90032
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a 6-foot aluminum/fiberglass step ladder to change ceiling tiles when the ladder tipped over on its side, causing the employee to fall and impact a nearby wall and the ground. The employee sustained a back injury.

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