# Pinched nerve at DCS All American, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043179` · 4/3/2018 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Buttock(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Centrifuges
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** DCS All American, LLC
- **Location:** Patterson Rig 207 back side of rig, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a centrifuge on top of a centrifuge stand. The employee lost footing while stepping down from the centrifuge and fell backward into the handrails. The hand rails gave out, causing the employee to fall approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee suffered bruised muscles and a pinched nerve in the buttocks.

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