# Herniated discs at Totelcom Communications, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021560` · 2/16/2017 · DE LEON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Standing, standing up-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Totelcom Communications, LLC
- **Location:** 6100 Hwy 16, DE LEON, TEXAS, 76444
- **NAICS:** 518210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a boomer on a trencher with a ratchet. When he stood up, his back seized up. He was hospitalized with a bulging disc and pinched nerve in his back.

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