Incident date: 2015-11-09
NAICS industry code: 423720

On or about November 9, 2015, an employee hurt his lower back while moving a 55-pound box of fittings (plumbing supplies) from a push cart to the pallet jack. He was hospitalized with an ergonomic injury that affected the lumbar region of his spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate