# Herniated discs at Skanska Walsh
> OSHA SIR `2017076278` · 7/8/2017 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska Walsh
- **Location:** LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building Project, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11371
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were stacking and organizing wooden temporary work platforms on dunnage when the injured employee heard a pop in his lower back while lifting a platform. The employee suffered two herniated discs in his lower back.

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