# Herniated discs at St. Mary's Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2017010393` · 1/12/2017 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Mary's Healthcare
- **Location:** 427 Guy Park Ave, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a portable x-ray machine. As the employee was bringing the patient forward onto the x-ray she suffered pain in her lower back on the right side. The employee suffered a bulging disc in the lower back.

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