Incident date: 2015-07-01
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was delivering cargo to a construction site. As he pulled the cargo to the back of the truck with a pallet jack, he felt a sharp pain on his abdomen.  The employee was hospitalized and diagnosed with a hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
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