Incident date: 2024-10-24
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee drove to the project site from his hotel. Upon exiting his vehicle, and during a turning/twisting motion to grab PPE from the backseat, he heard a pop in his back.
The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for fragmented L4 and L5 discs in the lumbar spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Twisting, reaching, bending
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate