Incident date: 2024-03-10
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was lifting a box of chickens weighing approximately 50 pounds when the handle ripped. The employee attempted to catch the box and felt a pop in their back, suffering bulging discs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertion while moving or manipulating external object(s)
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Disc disorders, herniated disc
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate