# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at ST. LUKES HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2017043904` · 4/29/2017 · NEWBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sinks
- **Secondary source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** ST. LUKES HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 70 DUBOIS STREET, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, 12550
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a patient stand when the patient lost balance, causing the employee to fall back and hit a sink. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.

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