Incident date: 2021-10-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was assisting a courier to load a vaccine cooler container into the courier's vehicle. As the container was lifted and pushed into the vehicle, the employee twisted his torso and felt pain in the lower back. The employee was later hospitalized with a lower back strain and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Strains
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate