# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2015031630` · 3/31/2015 · HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 7700 SE Bridge Road, HOBE SOUND, FLORIDA, 33455
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 3/31/2015, at 9:40 a.m., an employee was picking up garbage. The employee was walking toward a garbage can when he slipped and fell on his back.  Coworkers helped him up and kept working until the employee fell again and could not get back up on his feet. He was hospitalized.

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