# Herniated discs at Pennsylvania American Water
> OSHA SIR `2019066517` · 6/27/2019 · ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennsylvania American Water
- **Location:** Wood Street, ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15037
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting equipment from a truck when the truck door closed on him, rupturing a disc in his back. He was hospitalized.

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