# Sprains, strains, minor tears at South Nassau Communities Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024021589` · 2/20/2024 · OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Other miscellaneous machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drugs, medications  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** South Nassau Communities Hospital
- **Location:** One Healthy Way, OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK, 11572
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maintaining medication storage and dispensing machines and medication refrigerators. He strained his lower back while pushing and pulling one of the machines.

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