Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton, 700 E. Broad St, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18201
on , Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
The employee was transferring a cardiac patient from his bed onto his wheelchair. As she was transferring him, he made sudden moves, which caused her to do the same. She suffered a hernia in her abdomen and required surgery.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPatient
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