Hernias due to traumatic incidents

Name: Hernias due to traumatic incidents at RDO Equipment Co.
Start: 6/4/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022064832 · 6/4/2022 · RDO Equipment Co.

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: RDO Equipment Co.
Location: 3 miles north and 3 miles west of Faulkton, FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57438
NAICS: 423820
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was accessing a leaking valve on the underside of a planter. The employee had to bend/contort their body in order to get in position to block up the valve. While putting the valve back together, the employee experienced abdominal pain and nausea. The employee sustained a hernia.

Source

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