Incident date: 2019-01-18
NAICS industry code: 336399

On January 18, 2018, at approximately 7:30 p.m., an employee was packing lamps when she experienced severe back pain as she bent over to pick up an empty tote weighing 5.6 lbs. that was laying 12 inches from the floor. She was hospitalized with a bulging disc.

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