Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RDO Equipment Co., 3 miles north and 3 miles west of Faulkton, FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 57438
on , Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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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.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker