Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was on a two-step ladder retrieving and lifting a sign overhead when the employee suffered an abdominal hernia, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
code_source: title: Blackboards, bulletin boards, mirrors, unspecified
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate