Incident date: 2015-07-24
NAICS industry code: 441110

An employee was lifting tire assemblies onto a wheel balancer. The assemblies weigh approximately 50 to 100 pounds each. The employee felt a pull in his back; the pain worsened over the day and he required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate