# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20191112296` · 11/27/2019 · POTSDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 21 Hatch Road, POTSDAM, NEW YORK, 13676
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered back pain while loading/unloading package cars. The employee was hospitalized.

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