# Strains at Ocean State Job Lot
> OSHA SIR `2020021448` · 2/13/2020 · CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Ocean State Job Lot
- **Location:** 1441 Elmwood Ave, CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 02910
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bent over, picking up stacks of boxes from the floor to put into a carriage. He picked up multiple boxes and turned and felt a pop in his back. He was hospitalized with a back strain.

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