# Disc disorders, herniated disc at DaVita Kidney Care Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025088558` · 8/27/2025 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Disc disorders, herniated disc
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** DaVita Kidney Care Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 700 East Cervantes Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32501
- **NAICS:** 621492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a patient from a wheelchair (assisting patient to a standing position) and sustained overexertion injuries to her back. The injuries affected multiple lower extremities and the employee sustained bulging discs at L3-L5. The employee was hospitalized.

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