# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Advocate Health Care
> OSHA SIR `2022064937` · 6/8/2022 · DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in catching-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Advocate Health Care
- **Location:** 3075 Highland Parkway, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS, 60515
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking with a patient when the patient tripped on a wheelchair scale. The employee tried to catch the patient and sustained a neck injury. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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