# Multiple sprains, strains, tears at Whirlpool Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019032711` · 3/14/2019 · CLYDE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple sprains, strains, tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirlpool Corporation
- **Location:** 119 Birdseye St., CLYDE, OHIO, 43410
- **NAICS:** 335224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While lifting a box that weighed 34.4 pounds, an employee twisted and experienced a pain in the back. The employee was hospitalized with a strained/sprained back.

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