# Herniated discs at U.S. Sugar Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054597` · 5/6/2019 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Sugar Co., LLC
- **Location:** 692 Bailey Avenue, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was finishing the process of evacuating sugar from the pocket of a railcar. The employee lifted a portable air-operated railcar vibrator, weighting 47 pounds, to place it into the railcar. While lifting, he felt a pop in his back. He required hospitalization for a lumbar disk herniation.

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