# Disc disorders, herniated disc at White Sands Missile Range Safety Department
> OSHA SIR `2025054094` · 5/1/2025 · WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO
## 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:** White Sands Missile Range Safety Department
- **Location:** Test Center Safety Office, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, 88002
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On May 1, 2025, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was jump-starting the battery of a forklift and his back went out while he was bending down. The employee was hospitalized with a slipped disc and required surgery.

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