# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ahern Painting Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2022042938` · 4/2/2022 · PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** Ahern Painting Contractors
- **Location:** 2 Seaview Boulevard, Suite 300, PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, 11050
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a back injury while removing a 25-pound paint can from the back of a pickup truck.

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