Incident date: 2016-03-07
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was attempting to move a box of labels, which weighed approximately 42 pounds.  The box was located on a pallet on a lower shelf of a warehouse rack system. The employee lifted one box and placed it on an adjacent pallet. When he stood up and turned to get another box, he lost strength in his legs and fell to his knees. He was hospitalized with a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate