Incident date: 2023-09-26
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading boxes from a shipping container by hand when he felt a pinch in his back. The employee was hospitalized for a subarticular disc protrusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate