Incident date: 2016-07-29
NAICS industry code: 561320

The employee was lifting a long box that weighed more than 50 lbs. onto a storage shelf. The employee felt a pop in his right abdomen. The employee was hospitalized for a possible hernia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-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