# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at NORTH ADAMS COMMONS
> OSHA SIR `2016031852` · 3/1/2016 · NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Patient hoists, lifting harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTH ADAMS COMMONS
- **Location:** 175 FRANKLIN STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, 01247
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/1/16, an employee was lifting a patient using a mechanical lift when the lift malfunctioned and struck the employee's back.

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