# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Defense Commissary Agency
> OSHA SIR `2020021650` · 2/19/2020 · FORT HOOD, TEXAS
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Commissary Agency
- **Location:** 5001 Clear Creek Rd, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, 76544
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped up on the second step of a step ladder. Some screws/the connector had broken off the ladder, causing it to collapse. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a back injury.

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