# Herniated discs at Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010107` · 1/5/2017 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1512 38th Ave E, BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34208
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an aluminum panel (a hutch compartment) when he suffered a herniated disc in his lower back. He was hospitalized.

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