Incident date: 2024-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was repeatedly lifting 25- and 30-pound boxes of chicken from the ground and turning to place them elsewhere when he noticed a sharp pain in the right side of his lower back. The employee suffered a pinched sciatic nerve and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while materials moving by hand
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Pinched nerve
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate