# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New England Renewable Power Whitefield, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109760` · 10/23/2023 · WHITEFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** New England Renewable Power Whitefield, LLC
- **Location:** 260 Airport Road, WHITEFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03598
- **NAICS:** 221117
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the cooling tower to replacing fill braces. While cleaning up after job completion, they fell from a plank that was 5 feet from the floor of the cooling tower basin. The employee was taken to the hospital for neck pain and a contusion.

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