Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was picking up a 55-gallon gun press lid from a cart to be placed onto a forklift. The lid weighed approximately 100 pounds. After completing the task, he experienced abdomen pain due to a hernia and required surgery.

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