# Soft tissue injuries  unspecified at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2025076800` · 7/14/2025 · WEAVERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 270 N Main Street, WEAVERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28787
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee reached into a hamper, picked up a package, and was hospitalized with a back injury that caused pain in his lower extremities.

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