# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Thermo Fisher Scientific
> OSHA SIR `20171211467` · 12/2/2017 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermo Fisher Scientific
- **Location:** 7554 Schantz Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a box from a pallet to a shelf when she experienced severe pain in her lower back, requiring hospitalization.

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