# Sprains at Coca-Cola Refreshment
> OSHA SIR `2017065436` · 6/14/2017 · NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Coca-Cola Refreshment
- **Location:** 9 B Street, NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MASSACHUSETTS, 02494
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a 3 foot x 3 foot pallet to stack it on another pallet during a delivery when he suffered an acute lumbar sprain.

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