# Strains at VIRTUA- WEST JERSEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023065447` · 6/20/2023 · VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** VIRTUA- WEST JERSEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
- **Location:** 100 BOWMAN DRIVE, VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY, 08043
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Nurses were repositioning a patient in an operating room bed. As the injured employee lifted the patient's lower legs, she felt pain in her lower back from a muscle strain.

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