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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2016032445 · 3/21/2016 · SBA Communications
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
- Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged
- Source
- Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- Secondary source
- Telecommunications and cell phone towers
Employer
- Name
- SBA Communications
- Location
- 2849 19 Rd., PLAINVILLE, KANSAS, 67663
- NAICS
- 517212
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While climbing a cellular communication tower that was approximately 382 feet aboveground, an employee suffered an upper hernia tear in his abdomen.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown