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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 20160710202 · 7/12/2016 · Kester, 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
- Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- Source
- Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
Employer
- Name
- Kester, Inc.
- Location
- 940 W. Thorndale Avenue, ITASCA, ILLINOIS, 60143
- NAICS
- 325998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was loading metal into a pot and sustained a hernia requiring surgery and hospitalization.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown