Incident date: 2019-11-14
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was carrying cases of water from ground level up a flight of stairs. When he squatted down to pick up the last three cases of water, he suffered a severe back strain with two torn discs. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate