Incident date: 2017-05-24
NAICS industry code: 238130

On 5/24/17, an employee was removing the bottom bracing of a wall when it began to collapse. The employee attempted to catch the wall and suffered an umbilical hernia, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate