# Strains at Mount Holyoke College
> OSHA SIR `2019021488` · 2/9/2019 · SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Mount Holyoke College
- **Location:** 50 College Street, SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01075
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was restocking the ice cream bar and lifting boxes from a lower level to table height and was hospitalized for a back strain.

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