# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wire Rope Works, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2015010683` · 1/22/2015 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wire Rope Works, Incorporated
- **Location:** 100 Maynard St, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 22, 2015, an employee operating a rough terrain forklift on frozen ground felt a "pop" in his back. The employee reported the incident to management the following day, went to an emergency room on two occasions, visited a doctor, and had an MRI before being diagnosed with a spinal epidural hematoma and admitted into Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, on January 28, 2015.

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