# Herniated discs at Temco Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2023021837` · 2/27/2023 · FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Temco Logistics
- **Location:** 373 John Fitch Highway, FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, 01420
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an appliance when they sustained a herniated disc in their back.

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