# Herniated discs at Austal USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054382` · 5/16/2023 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Austal USA, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Austal Way, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from a scaffold in a module manufacturing facility. The employee slipped on a pipe running through the module and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor of the module, landing on his right side. The employee was hospitalized with bulging discs in the neck.

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