# Fractures at Jan-Care Ambulance of Raleigh County, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065505` · 6/20/2024 · BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Jan-Care Ambulance of Raleigh County, Inc.
- **Location:** Beckley ARH Hospital, BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, 25801
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a patient weighing approximately 400 lbs. and fractured their L5 vertebra, requiring hospitalization.

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