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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2016043350 · 4/21/2016 · St. Luke's University Health Network - Allentown Campus
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
- Patient
Employer
- Name
- St. Luke's University Health Network - Allentown Campus
- Location
- 1736 W. Hamilton St., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- NAICS
- 622110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While adjusting a patient in bed, an employee experienced abdominal pain due to a hernia, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown