Incident date: 2017-05-18
NAICS industry code: 326112

An employee participated in a two-person lift of a core pole that weighs approximately 100 lbs. at a  loom machine. The employee suffered an incarcerated umbilical hernia that required surgery.

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