# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Hurricane Gas Processing Plant
> OSHA SIR `2017043641` · 4/22/2017 · HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Hurricane Gas Processing Plant
- **Location:** 7222 State Route 34, HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25526
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee descended a wooden stair case, a stair tread began to give way. The employee shifted his weight to the handrail and the handrail gave way, causing the employee to fall approximately two feet to the ground. The employee landed on his back, then slid down the hill and contacted a concrete barrier. The employee was hospitalized with lower back pain.

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