FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA—
RDO Equipment Co.
Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
Final narrative
An employee was accessing a leaking valve on the underside of a planter. The employee had to bend/contort their body in order to get in position to block up the valve. While putting the valve back together, the employee experienced abdominal pain and nausea. The employee sustained a hernia.
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