Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 561710

An employee completed pest control service at a customer location and returned to his vehicle to refill his backpack sprayer. He was standing at the tailgate and reaching for the water jug (weighing approximately 33 lbs.) that was in the bed of the truck when he felt a pop in his back. The employee sustained a strained back muscle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Twisting, reaching, bending
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, minor tears
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate