# Disc disorders, herniated disc at VA Black Hills Health Care System
> OSHA SIR `2025054842` · 5/22/2025 · STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Disc disorders, herniated disc
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion, repetitive motion and bodily condition  unspecified
- **Source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VA Black Hills Health Care System
- **Location:** unknown - home health residence, STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57785
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing laundry duties when she heard a pop in her back. The employee was hospitalized with a bulging disc that required surgery.

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