Incident date: 2020-12-21
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee developed a hernia while moving a 97-pound cylinder along a conveyor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate