Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 452210

An employee was lifting a 20-pound trash bag out of a trash can when they sustained a hernia. The employee required surgery.

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