Incident date: 2017-01-09
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee suffered a groin hernia while trying to lift a toppled 55-gallon drum, requiring hospitalization.

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