Incident date: 2025-07-09
NAICS industry code: 447110

On July 9, 2025, an employee was emptying trash and lifting a heavy trash bag when he felt a pop and experienced severe pain. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured hernia and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while materials moving by hand
code_source: title: Bags, sacks
code_nature: title: Hernias
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate