# Pinched nerve at Lewis Electrical Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076628` · 7/22/2024 · SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Selig Drive SW, SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2024, an employee was drilling out electrical panel covers and picked up three panel lids weighing approximately 15-20 pounds when he felt a pinch in his back. He was hospitalized with a pinched nerve in his back.

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