# Herniated discs at Big Lots, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099006` · 9/22/2016 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Parking lot-paved
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots, Inc.
- **Location:** 1055 E Countyline Road, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39211
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker transport a box sofa to a customer's car with a four-wheel dolly when he tripped on the dolly wheel and fell to the parking lot surface. He injured the left side of his body and suffered a bulging lumbar disc, requiring hospitalization.

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