Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cooper University Health Care, 1 Cooper Plaza, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a patient when he felt a pop and burning in his abdomen, followed by stomach pain. He was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPatient
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