# Disc disorders, herniated disc at St. Vincent's Medical Center - Hartford Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2025032428` · 3/14/2025 · BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Disc disorders, herniated disc
## Cause
- **Event:** Twisting, reaching, bending
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Vincent's Medical Center - Hartford Healthcare
- **Location:** 2800 Main Street, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06606
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee developed shooting pain up and down both legs and the back while bending over to remove restraints from a patient. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from a herniated disk with cauda equina syndrome.

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