# Herniated discs at U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
> OSHA SIR `2017032678` · 3/23/2017 · SASABE, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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