# Sprains, strains, minor tears at Fox Pest Control- Westchester, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087932` · 8/27/2024 · WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Twisting, reaching, bending
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** Fox Pest Control- Westchester, LLC
- **Location:** 75 Western Hwy, WEST NYACK, NEW YORK, 10994
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee completed pest control service at a customer location and returned to his vehicle to refill his backpack sprayer. He was standing at the tailgate and reaching for the water jug (weighing approximately 33 lbs.) that was in the bed of the truck when he felt a pop in his back. The employee sustained a strained back muscle.

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