Incident date: 2017-01-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was loosening rusty bolts on a traffic light and aggravated an existing hernia. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate