# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at PHOENIX VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
> OSHA SIR `2018021522` · 2/13/2018 · GILBERT, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** PHOENIX VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
- **Location:** South East Community Based Outreach Clinic, GILBERT, ARIZONA, 85297
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was reaching towards a patient to remove a blood pressure cuff and suffered a left shoulder sprain/strain.

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