Incident date: 2020-05-24
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee felt a sharp pain in the lower body while pushing a patient in a wheelchair. The employee was hospitalized for a bilateral hernia.

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