# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Valmont Newmark, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097241` · 9/29/2015 · BARTOW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Newmark, Inc.
- **Location:** 4131 US. Hwy. 17 S, BARTOW, FLORIDA, 33830
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While a travel crane operator was in the process of climbing up to the cab of the crane, he slipped off a rung that was approximately 28 inches from the ground and hit his head on the ground. He suffered a laceration to the skull along with swelling at the base of his spine near the neck.

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