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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2017032363 · 3/16/2017 · FEDEX
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
- Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- FEDEX
- Location
- 4077 North Norfleet Road, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64161
- NAICS
- 484110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was hooking 2 trailers together using a dolly and suffered an abdominal hernia while picking up the dolly.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown