# Strains at The Valley Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2018065327` · 6/1/2018 · RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** The Valley Hospital
- **Location:** 223 N. Van Dien, RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, 07450
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending down to pick up medications. On her way up, she experienced a sharp back pain/strain.

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