Incident date: 2015-05-08
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was lifting aluminum stock weighing 15 to 20 pounds. During this activity, the employee aggravated a pre-existing hernia condition in the lower left groin, requiring hospitalization and surgery to repair the hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate