# Herniated discs at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2016043504` · 4/27/2016 · FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Mail bags and satchels-shoulder
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 508 Clarence Street, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's mail satchel became caught on a railing, causing him to miss the bottom step of a staircase and herniate a disc in his back.

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