# Strains at STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2016021342` · 2/12/2016 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 475 SEAVIEW AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10305
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While washing a patient with an aide, an employee, who was holding the patient on the left side, felt a sharp burning pain across the lower back. The employee's legs became numb, and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a lower back musculoskeletal injury.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*