Incident date: 2015-03-05
NAICS industry code: 562998

At approximately 3:30 AM on March 5, 2015, an employee cleaning a pit was pushing mud toward a vacuum hose when he felt a pull in his groin area. A supervisor and employees aided the employee who exited the pit and, upon further examination, determined that a hernia had occurred. The employee was admitted to the hospital and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Mud
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate