# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Sears In-Home Services
> OSHA SIR `2016042972` · 4/8/2016 · BREWSTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Clothes dryers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sears In-Home Services
- **Location:** 9 Noel Ct., BREWSTER, NEW YORK, 10509
- **NAICS:** 443111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a dryer off of another appliance with a coworker when she tore her bicep, requiring hospitalization.

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