Incident date: 2021-08-26
NAICS industry code: 531312

An employee was lifting a bucket of bolts weighing approximately 60 to 70 pounds when they suffered an inguinal hernia that required surgery.

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