# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Talley Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109798` · 10/14/2020 · RINGGOLD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Spreading machinery-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Talley Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 545 East Nickajack Rd, RINGGOLD, GEORGIA, 30736
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chip spreader machine down a hill. The spreader began to skid when he applied the brake. The wheels locked and the spreader continued to slide down the hill. The spreader impacted a ditch and spun 180 degrees. The operator was thrown off the machine and landed on the bank of the ditch causing injury to his lower back.

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