# Strains at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022064912` · 6/7/2022 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC.
- **Location:** 71 West 89th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10024
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on his knees, trying to move packages in the back of a truck. He pulled his back, suffering severe pain, and was hospitalized.

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