# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Boston Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2017054449` · 5/16/2017 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston Medical Center
- **Location:** 771 Albany Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02118
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending 6 feet from an upper roof to a lower roof by stepping onto a stepladder and climbing down. The stepladder broke and the employee fell 5 feet onto the lower roof, injuring his back and requiring hospitalization.

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