# Disc disorders, herniated disc at Alabama Dumpsters, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241010119` · 10/30/2024 · MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Disc disorders, herniated disc
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Dumpsters, LLC
- **Location:** 19 North Mount Pleasant Avenue, MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36460
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to dump wood from a roll-off dumpster when a piece of timber fell from the dumpster and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a laceration to the scalp and three cracked vertebral discs.

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