# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2015042289` · 4/23/2015 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 100 EAST 77TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10021
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee injured his back while using a stair chair to carry a patient.

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