# Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified at UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019010110` · 1/4/2019 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.
- **Location:** 7545 Penn Drive, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization.

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