# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at U.S. Internal Revenue Service / Independent Office of Appeals
> OSHA SIR `20201211472` · 12/7/2020 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Internal Revenue Service / Independent Office of Appeals
- **Location:** 290 Broadway, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10007
- **NAICS:** 921130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 12/7/20, an employee was in the office opening mail and moving boxes. When moving a box of copy paper, the employee pulled muscles in her back.

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