# Strains at U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2023021147` · 2/5/2023 · DECATUR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
- **Location:** 1670 Clairmont Avenue, DECATUR, GEORGIA, 30033
- **NAICS:** 621111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a muscle strain while throwing a bag of trash from a garbage cart into a compactor. The employee was hospitalized.

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