Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at St. Mary's Medical Center, 2500 Northgate Road, TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA 19053
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a client back in a chair with the aid of a colleague when an umbilical hernia occurred.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPatient
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