Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Yonkers Racing Corporation, 810 Yonkers Avenue, YONKERS, NEW YORK 10704
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
While cleaning a track for a race, an employee lifted a bucket of snowmelt and suffered an abdominal hernia. He required hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersBuckets, baskets, pails
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