Incident date: 2015-11-23
NAICS industry code: 336120

An employee was using a robotic welder to lift a heavy pan of metal parts when he experienced a hernia that required surgery and overnight hospitalization.

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