# Pinched nerve at Ajinomoto Foods North America
> OSHA SIR `2024010971` · 1/31/2024 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Ajinomoto Foods North America
- **Location:** 3131 S Quail Ave, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repeatedly lifting 25- and 30-pound boxes of chicken from the ground and turning to place them elsewhere when he noticed a sharp pain in the right side of his lower back. The employee suffered a pinched sciatic nerve and was hospitalized.

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