# Herniated discs at Tesla, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076682` · 7/2/2019 · ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Location:** Advanced Stores Company, ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 06082
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 2, 2019, an employee had been bending down to take temperature measurements from solar panels. The next morning, he awoke with a pinching sensation and pain. He was hospitalized with a herniated disc.

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