# Sprains, strains, minor tears at Curtiss-Wright Engineered Pump Division (EPD)
> OSHA SIR `2024076879` · 7/29/2024 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Workers engaging in team lift
## Employer
- **Name:** Curtiss-Wright Engineered Pump Division (EPD)
- **Location:** 1185 Feather Way, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was team lifting a spool of fiberglass off a roller track when the spool got stuck on a roller. The employee sustained a muscular strain injury to his back.

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