# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Rentokil North America
> OSHA SIR `2016065784` · 6/28/2016 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rentokil North America
- **Location:** 8600 South Dixie Highway, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33143
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was engaged in bird control operations while standing on a ladder. The employee fell from the ladder while descending and suffered back pain, requiring hospitalization.

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