Incident date: 2019-05-06
NAICS industry code: 311340

An employee was finishing the process of evacuating sugar from the pocket of a railcar. The employee lifted a portable air-operated railcar vibrator, weighting 47 pounds, to place it into the railcar. While lifting, he felt a pop in his back. He required hospitalization for a lumbar disk herniation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate