# Myocardial infarction (heart attack) at Steward Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2018088146` · 8/9/2018 · FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heart
- **Nature of injury:** Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Steward Healthcare
- **Location:** 795 Middle Street, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02721
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 9, 2018, while bending over a patient's stretcher to draw blood, an employee developed back pain and difficulty breathing possibly related to a heart attack.

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