Hernias due to traumatic incidents

Name: Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Tele Data Com Inc.
Start: 1/22/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010711 · 1/22/2020 · Tele Data Com 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: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: Tele Data Com Inc.
Location: Orolia Co. Bldg., HENRIETTA, NEW YORK, 14467
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the elevated platform of a scissor lift pulling a telecommunications cable. He reached out and handed the cable to an employee in an adjacent scissor lift and heard a pop. The employee suffered an abdominal hernia that needed surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown