# Strains at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032095` · 3/8/2022 · FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Kneeling, kneeling down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- **Location:** 62 Flanders-Bartley Rd., FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY, 07836
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 8, 2022, an employee was kneeling on a mat to apply a label to a medical instrument and take pictures during a product inspection. The employee suffered a lower back strain and was hospitalized.

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