# Pinched nerve at Asphalt Specialties Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076670` · 7/23/2024 · BRIGHTON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asphalt Specialties Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 5752 County Road 6, BRIGHTON, COLORADO, 80603
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking a trailer to his tractor when he stepped off the back of the truck and fell 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and sustained pinched nerves in his lower back.

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