Incident date: 2018-08-24
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was using a two-handed dolly to move stacks of totes to load into a trailer. The stacks weighed roughly 216 lbs. He picked up a stack, leaned back, and then dropped to the ground in extreme pain. He was hospitalized with a back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate