# Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified at Surge Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2024010143` · 1/7/2024 · SAINT MARYS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
- **Source:** Shovels
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Surge Staffing
- **Location:** 405 E South Street, SAINT MARYS, OHIO, 45885
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 7, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., an employee was shoveling material into the lower section of a vertical conveyor when they suffered a lumbar nerve injury that required hospitalization.

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