# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U. S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016109778` · 10/17/2016 · WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U. S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 7840 North Point Blvd.  Ste. 110, WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, 27106
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On Monday, October 17, 2016, an employee was at her carrier case on the workroom floor and bent down to pick up a mail tub to load into a hamper. When she lifted the tub, she felt a pop in her back and experienced a lot of pain. She was hospitalized with a back injury.

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