Incident date: 2015-02-17
NAICS industry code: 323110

An employee who was working as a picker/packer in the Bulk Packaging Area was moving cartons when the individual suddenly felt extreme pain and was taken to the hospital.  The individual was diagnosed with a hernia and had to undergo surgery. The cartons weighed approximately 35 pounds each.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate