# Herniated discs at Santiago Acosta
> OSHA SIR `20211210409` · 12/3/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Santiago Acosta
- **Location:** 12100 West Little York Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were cleaning up the area around an 8-foot retaining wall. An employee was at the top of the wall, receiving trash as it was handed up from below. The employee fell while reaching over the edge, landed on the ground, and suffered a slipped disk.

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