Incident date: 2018-03-20
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was selecting a pipe fitting from a cart for installation. The employee took a fitting from the cart, moved to get back onto a ladder, and slipped. As the employee started to fall, he grabbed the handle on the cart and suffered a hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Slip on substance without fall
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Hernias due to traumatic incidents
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate