# Disc disorders, herniated disc at The Hershey Company
> OSHA SIR `2025043329` · 4/10/2025 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Disc disorders, herniated disc
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Food products  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Hershey Company
- **Location:** 2400 W Pasewalk Ave, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 311330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing retails tasks including bending over and lifting 35-pound cases of product. After lifting about 25 boxes he felt back pain, resulting in severe nerve root compression at the base of the spinal cord due to a disc herniation. He required hospitalization and surgery.

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