Incident date: 2019-01-04
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate