# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Grifols, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054502` · 5/23/2016 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Grifols, Inc.
- **Location:** 1709 S. Avondale Street, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79106
- **NAICS:** 621991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was packing and moving plasma cases when a stack of cases began to fall. To avoid being struck, the employee turned suddenly and pulled a back muscle.

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