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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2017010725 · 1/23/2017 · Yonkers Racing Corporation
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
- Buckets, baskets, pails
Employer
- Name
- Yonkers Racing Corporation
- Location
- 810 Yonkers Avenue, YONKERS, NEW YORK, 10704
- NAICS
- 711219
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While cleaning a track for a race, an employee lifted a bucket of snowmelt and suffered an abdominal hernia. He required hospitalization and surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown