Incident date: 2024-07-24
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was in the back of a truck unloading boxes of product from the truck bed and passing them to co-workers. The employee was twisting when he sustained a herniated disk and a tear in the spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while materials moving by hand
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate