Incident date: 2025-04-10
NAICS industry code: 311330

An employee was performing retails tasks including bending over and lifting 35-pound cases of product. After lifting about 25 boxes he felt back pain, resulting in severe nerve root compression at the base of the spinal cord due to a disc herniation. He required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Disc disorders, herniated disc
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate