Hernias due to traumatic incidents

Name: Hernias due to traumatic incidents at AG EXPRESS INC.
Start: 4/8/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016042947 · 4/8/2016 · AG EXPRESS INC.

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: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: AG EXPRESS INC.
Location: Pasco Storage Cellar, PAUL, IDAHO, 83347
NAICS: 484220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee climbed up a ladder to enter a trailer and fix flaps on the trailer belt that were laying the wrong direction. When he climbed over the side of the trailer and turned his body, he aggravated a previous hernia and required hospitalization.

Source

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