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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2020043983 · 4/30/2020 · St Luke's Hospital
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
- Boxes, crates, cartons
Employer
- Name
- St Luke's Hospital
- Location
- 801 Ostrum St., BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18015
- NAICS
- 621999
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was lifting a case of bottled water when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown