# Soft tissue injuries  unspecified at AA Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043338` · 4/17/2024 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** AA Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 11616 Landstar Blvd., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 17, 2024, at 1:45 p.m., an employee was using a sledgehammer to remove wooden dunnage that was providing blocking and bracing to the material during transit. While striking the dunnage with the sledgehammer, the employee experienced lower back pain and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized.

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