Incident date: 2025-05-01
NAICS industry code: 812910

An employee was working to put a dog in a kennel. The dog pulled hard on the employee, causing a lumbar disc herniation and severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with animals  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dogs, canines domestic
code_nature: title: Disc disorders, herniated disc
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate