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Disc disorders, herniated disc
1 hospitalization · 2025054842 · 5/22/2025 · VA Black Hills Health Care System
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Disc disorders, herniated disc
Cause
- Event
- Overexertion, repetitive motion and bodily condition unspecified
- Source
- Source, secondary source unspecified
- Secondary source
- Source, secondary source unspecified
Employer
- Name
- VA Black Hills Health Care System
- Location
- unknown - home health residence, STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57785
- NAICS
- 621610
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was performing laundry duties when she heard a pop in her back. The employee was hospitalized with a bulging disc that required surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown