Hernias due to traumatic incidents

Name: Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Alcoa Forging & Extrusion
Start: 10/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107690 · 10/15/2015 · Alcoa Forging & Extrusion

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Hernias due to traumatic incidents

Cause

Event: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
Source: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Scrap metal

Employer

Name: Alcoa Forging & Extrusion
Location: 1 Park Avenue East, MASSENA, NEW YORK, 13662
NAICS: 332111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a manual crimping tool to bend scrap coils. While using an upward pulling motion to crimp the clip, he felt pain in his abdomen and suffered a right-side abdominal hernia.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown