# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Abbott Ambulance
> OSHA SIR `2017010281` · 1/10/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott Ambulance
- **Location:** 2500 Abbott Place, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63143
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing an EMS gurney with an injured patient on it and felt a "twinge" in his neck.

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