Incident date: 2023-06-13
NAICS industry code: 562111

While servicing a container in an alley, an employee was rolling the container when it encountered an indentation in the alley and stopped abruptly. The employee reached out to grab the container and felt a burning sensation in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion involving outside sources, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate