Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was sliding mail from a cart to the floor when she felt pain in the middle of her abdomen below the belly button. She was hospitalized for treatment of a hernia and required surgery.

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