# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at MedStar Health Washington Hospital Center
> OSHA SIR `2021021165` · 2/9/2021 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Trash, garbage
## Employer
- **Name:** MedStar Health Washington Hospital Center
- **Location:** 110 Irving St NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20010
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing trash from a room when he sustained a lower back injury that required hospitalization.

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