Incident date: 2022-11-07
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was assisting in placing a slip sheet under an overturned pallet containing bread. When lifting the cases of bread, the employee sustained an annular tear to two lumbar vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate