# Herniated discs at Siemens Building Technologies Division
> OSHA SIR `2015107944` · 10/23/2015 · WORTHINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Building Technologies Division
- **Location:** 530 Lakeview Plaza Blvd, WORTHINGTON, OHIO, 43085
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending over to open a box with a knife and his back popped resulting in a herniated disc.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*