# Herniated discs at Benchmark Senior Living
> OSHA SIR `2016098694` · 9/14/2016 · PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lowering-single episode
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Benchmark Senior Living
- **Location:** 700 Smith Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 02908
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was finishing her morning medication administration cycle when she was called into an apartment by another worker to help move a resident from her bed to a wheelchair. The resident began to lose her balance, so the employee tried to help her to the ground, suffering acute severe lower back pain with disc protrusion in the process.

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