Incident date: 2015-02-10
NAICS industry code: 622110

Employee in the HVAC maintenance department was lifting filter boxes.  At some point, the employee's back became tight and the employee laid down to stretch it out.  Employee was unable to get back up.  An ambulance was called and the employee was transported to the hospital and held overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate