Incident date: 2019-05-18
NAICS industry code: 622210

An employee was helping a patient use the toilet when the patient lost grip and started to fall. The injured employee grabbed the patient to keep her from falling. The force required to lift and hold the patient caused the employee's pre-existing hernia to be aggravated, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Patient
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate