# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at American Residential Services of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043370` · 4/9/2018 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and back
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
## Employer
- **Name:** American Residential Services of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 2126 Hawthorne St, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34239
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going in and out of an attic via the access ladder when the third rung of the ladder broke, causing him to fall about 3 feet to the floor. He experienced back and shoulder pain, requiring hospitalization.

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