# Strains at U.S. Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076282` · 7/19/2022 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 400 STATE STREET, CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was using a hooked pole to pull coke battery flue caps out of position so that temperature readings could be taken inside the flue. While he was pulling a cap, he suffered a back strain.

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