Incident date: 2020-02-24
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was repairing a clogged drain on an automatic beverage machine at a restaurant. The employee heard a popping noise while lifting the machine over drain pipes. The employee sustained a hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate