# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Freshpet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010554` · 1/18/2020 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **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:** Freshpet, Inc.
- **Location:** 176 N. Commerce Way, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18017
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending while using a hose to clean underneath a product cooker when the employee sprained/strained the lower back.

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