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Hernias due to traumatic incidents
1 hospitalization · 2020076473 · 7/10/2020 · BOTKIN LUMBER COMPANY
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 pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- Source
- Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- BOTKIN LUMBER COMPANY
- Location
- 1901 Progress Drive, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, 63640
- NAICS
- 423310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was rotating a carousel stacked with cut lumber when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown