# Herniated discs at KONE Elevators and Escalators
> OSHA SIR `2017098592` · 9/7/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** KONE Elevators and Escalators
- **Location:** 55 Cook Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80206
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an elevator and climbing over the elevator mid-rail when he suffered a herniated disc in his back.

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