# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Berkheimer Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `20231211549` · 12/21/2023 · PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Berkheimer Maintenance
- **Location:** 1883 Jury Rd, PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA, 18072
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.

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