Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aveanna Healthcare AS, LLC, 720 NE 63rd St, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73105
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was turning over a patient and felt a pull in her abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPatient
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