# Herniated discs at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2021119620` · 11/7/2021 · WARRENDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 300 Brush Creek Road, WARRENDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15095
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning the back of his parked truck when a tractor trailer pulled behind him and pinned the employee between the truck and the tractor trailer, resulting in a bulging disc.

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