← OSHA severe injury reports
Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2017032348 · 3/14/2017 · United States Postal Service
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
- Packages, parcels
Employer
- Name
- United States Postal Service
- Location
- 405 W. 2nd Street, DIXON, ILLINOIS, 61021
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was lifting packages and suffered a strangulated hernia.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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