Herniated discs

Name: Herniated discs at U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Start: 3/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032678 · 3/23/2017 · U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Herniated discs

Cause

Event: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary source: Dogs, canines-domestic

Employer

Name: U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Location: HWY 286 AND INTERNATIONAL BORDER, SASABE, ARIZONA, 85633
NAICS: 928110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was feeding his assigned K-9 at the kennels when his dog darted out, pulling the leash and turning him around. He suffered a herniated lumbar disc in his back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown