# Pinched nerve at Aqua Ohio Water Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087817` · 8/7/2025 · CHESAPEAKE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
- **Source:** Lawn edgers, trimmers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Aqua Ohio Water Company Inc.
- **Location:** 32 Private Drive, CHESAPEAKE, OHIO, 45619
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a weed eater, moving it from side to side. He suffered a pinched nerve in the neck that caused numbness in the back and arms. He was hospitalized.

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