Incident date: 2023-11-28
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was lifting a patient when they pulled a back muscle. She suffered back pain and spasms radiating into her leg with weakness and numbness. The employee's L3-L4 disc was herniated and she was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Herniated discs
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate