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Hernias due to traumatic incidents

1 hospitalization · 2016032152 · 3/10/2016 · Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton

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
Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
Source
Patient

Employer

Name
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
Location
700 E. Broad St, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was transferring a cardiac patient from his bed onto his wheelchair. As she was transferring him, he made sudden moves, which caused her to do the same. She suffered a hernia in her abdomen and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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