# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at FARMERS CO-OP GIN
> OSHA SIR `20161211745` · 12/18/2016 · ACKERLY, TEXAS
## 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 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** FARMERS CO-OP GIN
- **Location:** 600 6TH ST., ACKERLY, TEXAS, 79713
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 18, 2016, an employee fell off a bolted 30-foot ladder while trying to cover a hole on top of the burr house cyclone. He hit his head on the ladder rail and injured his spine during the fall to the ground, requiring hospitalization.

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