# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Florida Presbyterian Homes, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065039` · 6/3/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Presbyterian Homes, Inc.
- **Location:** 16 Lake Hunter Drive, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33803
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker roll a patient to the side to insert a harness for a lift. The employee grabbed the side rail, pushed backward, lost balance, and then felt pain in the back down to the lower left extremities. The employee was hospitalized overnight for a back sprain/strain.

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