Incident date: 2023-02-07
NAICS industry code: 423120

An employee was sanding an icy walkway. Upon picking up the bucket of sand, the employee sustained a hernia that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate