Incident date: 2024-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was performing maintenance on a 6-inch valve and herniated their back as they reached for a flange valve tool.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Twisting, reaching, bending
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Disc disorders, herniated disc
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate