Incident date: 2019-03-04
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee sustained an inguinal hernia while lifting a patient. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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