# Herniated discs at DevonHouse Senior Living
> OSHA SIR `2019043450` · 4/3/2019 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** DevonHouse Senior Living
- **Location:** 1930 BEVIN DRIVE, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 623312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a resident shower when the resident dropped a tissue. As the employee bent over to pick the tissue up, the employee suffered back pain due to two herniated discs, requiring hospitalization.

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