# Herniated discs at American Airlines
> OSHA SIR `2022010659` · 1/22/2022 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** American Airlines
- **Location:** 104 Hangar Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15231
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving airport baggage carts. The employee suffered a herniated disk while bending over to unhook a cart from another cart.

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