# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at TYSON REFRIGERATED PROCESSED MEATS
> OSHA SIR `2021032102` · 3/10/2021 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON REFRIGERATED PROCESSED MEATS
- **Location:** 700 WHEELER STREET, VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing boxes through a tape machine when he suffered a back injury and fell, unable to feel his legs.

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