# Herniated discs at Consolidated Wellsite Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044020` · 4/19/2019 · WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Wellsite Services LLC
- **Location:** 2811 West Chestnut Street, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 19, 2019, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was breaking down pipe with a sledge hammer when he threw out his back and experienced lower back pain. He was hospitalized with a herniated disk at the L4 and L5 vertebrae.

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