Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1091, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10029
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was transferring a patient from a stretcher to a bed and suffered a bilateral inguinal hernia.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPatient
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