Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-18	Lawton	Ok	The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
After lifting a tire onto a conveyor belt an employee experienced abdominal pain. The employee was hospitalized for a hernia.
2021-08-26	South Plainfield	Nj	Harris Realty Company, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a bucket of bolts weighing approximately 60 to 70 pounds when they suffered an inguinal hernia that required surgery.
2021-08-25	Wheeling	Il	Bertog Landscape Co	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading plant material onto a truck. The plant's 50-pound, 20-gallon plastic container broke, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall off the truck. He suffered three herniated disks in his neck.
2021-08-20	Dallas	Tx	The George D. Alan Company, LLC	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a herniated disk while picking up a box containing a 74-pound roll of sheet membrane waterproofing.
2021-08-11	Lake Mills	Wi	Daybreak Foods, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a 12-foot A-frame ladder, pushing manure in a dump truck bed with a shovel. The employee slipped and fell to the concrete ground, suffering a broken neck vertebra, two herniated neck vertebrae, and two fractures to the left arm.
2021-07-27	Conshohocken	Pa	Bimbo Bakeries USA	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was stepping out of a truck. The employee's left ankle twisted on a manhole cover, and the employee fell to the ground, suffering a sprained ankle and a ruptured hernia.
2021-07-21	Robertsdale	Al	United Parcel Service Co., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while picking up a package for delivery.
2021-07-16	Jefferson	La	Ochsner Medical Center	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a patient when he began to feel abdominal pain and was hospitalized. The employee suffered a hernia.
2021-07-07	Port Arthur	Tx	Superior Energies, Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
On July 7, 2021, an employee was lifting their left leg up to climb onto the upper scaffold deck for scaffold modification. After stepping up approximately 2 feet to the upper scaffold deck, the employee felt a pain in their abdomen. The employee suffered an inguinal hernia that required hospitalization.
2021-06-14	Mesquite	Tx	UPS	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving packages from a conveyor to a cart. The employee suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.
2021-06-09	Texas City	Tx	Littlefield Brothers Concrete Construction	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On June 9, 2021, an employee developed a hernia while stretching to install plastic sheets. He was hospitalized.
2021-04-22	Dakota City	Ne	Tyson Foods	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was putting hides on hooks and pulling hides off hooks. The employee suffered a hernia.
2021-03-01	Naples	Fl	Colonial Roofing, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell onto a roof deck and suffered a possible hernia.
2020-10-19	Dayton	Nj	Penske Logistics	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting boxes weighing approximately 36 pounds and felt pain in his stomach. He was hospitalized with a hernia.
2020-09-16	Somerset	Nj	Sunrun	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was moving equipment using a lift when he felt a sharp pain in his stomach due to a hernia.
2020-09-10	Gretna	La	ACME TRUCK LINE INC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee developed an inguinal hernia while lifting a set of hoses.
2020-09-03	Austin	Tx	U.S. Postal Service	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in throwing-multiple episodes
An employee began having stomach pains while tossing packages on a conveyor. The employee was later hospitalized with a hernia.
2020-08-13	New Haven	Ct	Advanced Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a 5-pound tray of pasta off a cart when she developed a hernia. She was hospitalized.
2020-07-10	Farmington	Missouri	BOTKIN LUMBER COMPANY	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was rotating a carousel stacked with cut lumber when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-07-08	Pelham	Alabama	Broadband Technical Resources	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
After pulling cable in a ceiling and shoveling dirt onto the back of a truck, an employee developed a hernia. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-07-08	West Jefferson	Ohio	FedEx Freight	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
On July 8, 2020, an employee suffered a hiatal hernia while loading an 800-pound safe onto a truck, requiring hospitalization.
2020-07-01	Newark	Delaware	Brightview Landscape Services	Lumbar region	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped on a path between an office area and a garage. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a herniated disk in the lower back.
2020-06-22	Freeport	Texas	United Rentals North America, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was carrying a bundle of electrical cable when his legs felt weak and he fell to the ground. He suffered a herniated disc in his back that caused a pinched nerve.
2020-06-16	Chicago	Illinois	Chicago Paper Tube & Can Company dba MPS Paper Tube & Can, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a box that weighed no more than 25 pounds and experienced pain in the abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-06-15	Nashua	New Hampshir	Liberty Utilities	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was turning off a valve with a wrench when he developed a hernia. He was hospitalized.
2020-06-13	Moraine	Ohio	Murphy USA	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
While lifting a case of drinks, an employee suffered damage to a pre-existing hernia. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-03	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	General Mills Operations, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while bending over to pick up a pallet.
2020-05-24	Augusta	Maine	VA Maine Healthcare System	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee felt a sharp pain in the lower body while pushing a patient in a wheelchair. The employee was hospitalized for a bilateral hernia.
2020-05-19	Miami	Florida	UPS	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while lifting a package weighing over 70 pounds. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-30	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	St Luke's Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a case of bottled water when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
2020-04-22	Waterford	Connecticut	UPS	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a herniated disc in his back while lifting a package during a delivery.
2020-03-19	Rome	New York	Tops	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while lifting a large bag of dog food, requiring hospitalization.
2020-03-03	Allegany	New York	POTTER LUMBER COMPANY INC.	Brain	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was removing metal from a wall while standing on the log deck. He lost his footing and fell through a gap between the log deck and the transfer deck and landed on the basement floor. He sustained a closed head injury and a lumbar disc herniation.
2020-02-24	Manorville	New York	Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was repairing a clogged drain on an automatic beverage machine at a restaurant. The employee heard a popping noise while lifting the machine over drain pipes. The employee sustained a hernia.
2020-02-21	Walbridge	Ohio	FIRST SOLAR, INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Two employees were lifting a solar panel when one of them suffered a hernia. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-02-21	Midland	Texas	Universal Pressure Pumping	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending down to pick up a hose to connect to a pump to pressurize it when he felt pain. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a hernia.
2020-02-18	Saint Charles	Missouri	NATIONAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS US, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
Two employees were pushing a cart when one of them suffered a hernia.
2020-02-17	Glendive	Montana	Dean Foods, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee twisted his back, suffering a herniated disk, while stepping down from his work trailer. He was hospitalized.
2020-02-10	Saint Pete Beach	Florida	Boucher Brothers Management, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was closing up the personal water craft (PWC) rentals. While operating one of the PWC's, he took a sharp turn and hit a wave. The employee then contacted the dash and handles. He sustained a hernia which required surgery.
2020-02-06	Niota	Illinois	Martin Sullivan, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
At about 10:30 a.m. on February 6, 2020, an employee was delivering bulk oil to a customer's property. The employee suffered a hernia while pulling open a large, heavy shed door and was hospitalized.
2020-02-05	Fort Rucker	Alabama	Fort Rucker - Garrision	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
On February 5, 2020, an employee was rolling up a hose to load it into a fire truck when the hose jerked forward and jolted him. He suffered a hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-01-27	San Antonio	Texas	GR Fresh Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while picking up a steel ramp for a forklift.
2020-01-22	Henrietta	New York	Tele Data Com Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was in the elevated platform of a scissor lift pulling a telecommunications cable. He reached out and handed the cable to an employee in an adjacent scissor lift and heard a pop. The employee suffered an abdominal hernia that needed surgery.
2020-01-07	Denver	Colorado	HYATT REGENCY AT COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
While holding a door open and trying to push a cart through, an employee suffered a hernia.
2020-01-02	Archbold	Ohio	Sauder Village	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Lifting a bag of animal feed exacerbated an employee's hernia. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-09-05	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	NAZARETH HOSPITAL	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources
While transferring a patient from a stretcher to a bed, an employee sustained a herniated disc in her back.
2019-09-05	Big Lake	Texas	Helmerich & Payne IDC.,Rig #427	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning
Employees were pulling slips while running drill pipe in a well bore. An employee suffered a hernia.
2019-08-29	Brenham	Texas	MIC Group	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee on a ladder twisted and aggravated a hernia.
2019-08-20	Tampa	Florida	SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT CORPORATION	Head and neck	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a pickup truck towards the hangar. When he turned towards the hanger door the truck impacted the stationary clamp used to secure the hangar doors. He struck his head inside of the vehicle and sustained a concussion, forehead laceration, and a herniated disc in the neck.
2019-08-11	Cambridge	Massachusett	TURNER CONSTRUCTION	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee bent down to gather tools and suffered a hernia. The employee had surgery and was hospitalized.
2019-08-01	Cameron	Texas	McAtee Cabinets	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pulling plywood from a storage bin when he suffered a hernia.
2019-07-30	Beardstown	Illinois	Swift Pork Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
On July 30, 2019, an employee was moving boxes onto a pallet when he felt a pinch in his lower left pelvic area. He was hospitalized due to a hernia.
2019-07-24	Sharonville	Ohio	Ford Motor Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lowering-single episode
An employee sustained a hernia while lowering a 5-gallon bucket of grease.
2019-07-20	Newport News	Virginia	Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was serving as a spotter for the adjustment of staging when several of the staging planks became dislodged and fell to the ground. One of the planks bounced far enough to strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with an umbilical hernia and had surgery.
2019-07-02	Enfield	Connecticut	Tesla, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
On July 2, 2019, an employee had been bending down to take temperature measurements from solar panels. The next morning, he awoke with a pinching sensation and pain. He was hospitalized with a herniated disc.
2019-06-15	El Paso	Texas	J&J Worldwide Services	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
At 9:45 a.m. on June 15, 2019, an employee suffered a possible hernia while lifting a door onto a dolly.
2019-05-31	Green Bay	Wisconsin	TJ Maxx & Home Goods	Neck and back	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was lifting a dry goods box to unload it from a semi trailer. The employee was facing a 2 in. x 4 in. x 4 ft. wooden brace, lodged across the width of the trailer. The brace moved and struck the employee in the face, causing a cervical contusion, a disc herniation with radiculopathy, cervical stenosis, and facial lacerations.
2019-05-18	Amsterdam	New York	St Mary's Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was helping a patient use the toilet when the patient lost grip and started to fall. The injured employee grabbed the patient to keep her from falling. The force required to lift and hold the patient caused the employee's pre-existing hernia to be aggravated, resulting in hospitalization.
2019-05-07	Montgomery	Alabama	Sabel Steel Service, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in throwing-multiple episodes
An employee was tossing old light fixtures into a scrap bin when he felt pain in his lower left quadrant. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair a hernia.
2019-05-06	Buffalo	New York	U.S. Sugar Co., LLC	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was finishing the process of evacuating sugar from the pocket of a railcar. The employee lifted a portable air-operated railcar vibrator, weighting 47 pounds, to place it into the railcar. While lifting, he felt a pop in his back. He required hospitalization for a lumbar disk herniation.
2019-04-29	Souderton	Pennsylvania	Guidemark Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee bent over to hook up the truck to a fire hydrant to load water. While bending over, he herniated a disc in his back.
2019-04-19	Washington	Pennsylvania	Consolidated Wellsite Services LLC	Lumbar region	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
On April 19, 2019, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was breaking down pipe with a sledge hammer when he threw out his back and experienced lower back pain. He was hospitalized with a herniated disk at the L4 and L5 vertebrae.
2019-04-18	Baker	Montana	WBI Energy	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was on a scissor lift using a manual 2-inch hand threader, threading a piece of pipe to put a valve on. He strained his back, suffering a herniated disk.
2019-04-13	Waller	Texas	Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pushing an air handler on a conveyor system when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-04-04	Appleton	Wisconsin	Crescent Electric Supply Co.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
On April 4, 2019, an employee was unloading pipe from a van to a loading dock. The employee suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.
2019-04-03	Allentown	Pennsylvania	DevonHouse Senior Living	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was helping a resident shower when the resident dropped a tissue. As the employee bent over to pick the tissue up, the employee suffered back pain due to two herniated discs, requiring hospitalization.
2019-03-21	Irving	Texas	Auto-Chlor Services LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode
An employee felt abdominal pain while getting out of his truck. He was hospitalized, having suffered a hernia.
2019-03-20	Edgewater	Florida	Extreme Concrete services, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was shoveling left-over wet concrete from under a machine that made concrete blocks. He felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen and was hospitalized, requiring hernia surgery.
2019-03-15	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Potawatomi Bingo Casino	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while lifting material.
2019-03-10	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	Walt Disney Parks & Resorts	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee experienced abdominal pain due to a hernia while hose washing the promenade.
2019-03-09	Smithtown	New York	St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was leaving her car when she slipped on ice, fell on her back (suffering a herniated disk), and lost consciousness.
2019-03-06	Austin	Texas	ForTec Medical, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was loading a medical laser when it fell onto his stomach, causing an umbilical hernia.
2019-03-04	Houston	Texas	Houston Methodist Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee sustained an inguinal hernia while lifting a patient. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-02-16	Lakewood	New Jersey	ATLANTIC COAST REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee developed an umbilical hernia after moving a bed. She was hospitalized.
2019-02-05	Savanna	Illinois	METFORM L.L.C.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The employee was assisting to load parts onto a sorting table. An attachment to the forklift tub is filled with parts that are dumped on the sorting table. The forklift operator had just rolled over half a tub onto the sorting table. When the employee was removing a rollover bar from the bin, it broke free and came out of the bin. The tub shifted on the forklift forks and fell over landing on the employee's shoulder, ribs and hip area. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a lumbar hernia
2019-01-31	Media	Pennsylvania	Riddle Memorial Hospital	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered an incarcerated hernia while lifting a patient out of a shower stall.
2019-01-29	South Jacksonville	Illinois	Maines Paper & Food Service - Chicago, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
On January 30, 2019, at approximately 4:27 PM, an employee was exiting his tractor-trailer at the truck stop, slipped on an icy L bracket on the truck and fell. He proceeded to disconnect the trailer. While cranking down on the legs of the trailer, which were frozen because of the temperature, he felt pressure and heard a pop. The employee was hospitalized for a hernia.
2019-01-27	Little Neck	New York	Stop & Shop Supermarket	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
While lifting boxes containing bananas, an employee experienced a pinched nerve. The employee was hospitalized with a herniated disc.
2019-01-15	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	CBRE	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Trip over an object without fall
An employee tripped over a door stop while pulling wires, suffering severe abdominal pain likely due to a severe hernia.
2019-01-07	Joint Base Lewis Mcchord	Washington	Valiant Integrated Services	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
On 1/07/2019, an employee suffered an abdominal hernia while moving pallets with a pallet jack, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-09-22	New York	New York	ABC Imaging of Washington, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving a printing machine when he experienced stomach pain. He was hospitalized for a hernia.
2018-09-17	Cambridge	Massachusett	MIT	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee pulled a muscle while lifting a table, suffering a hernia to the lower torso area that required hospitalization.
2018-08-23	Frisco	Texas	Medical City Frisco	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was helping to move a patient to another bed when he suffered severe pain due to a hernia, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-21	Sarasota	Florida	Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting tiles when he started to feel sick and nauseous due to a herniated and bulging disc in his back, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-08-13	Atlanta	Georgia	North Perimeter Contractors	Multiple body parts	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to secure a reinforcing steel cage into place when he was caught between the steel cage and a section of a temporary concrete barrier wall. He suffered a lacerated and fractured left index finger, broken right ankle, and hernia.
2018-08-09	Highland	California	San Manuel Casino	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions
An employee had been in a kneeling position using a power tool to bolt slot bases together when he stood up and felt pain in his abdomen due to a hernia.
2018-08-07	Allenwood	Pennsylvania	Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood	Multiple face locations	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was putting away a pallet consisting of 16 cases of canned carrots in a warehouse. While unpacking the pallet of canned carrots, the employee lifted a case off the second to last row and a can of carrots from the bottom row exploded upward, striking the employee's face. The employee suffered facial lacerations, a left nasal bone fracture, a left orbital floor fracture, a soft tissue hernia in the maxillary sinus, left lateral rectus swelling, and loose teeth, requiring hospitalizatio
2018-08-07	Peru	Illinois	Double D Express	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee suffered two herniated discs while raising the landing gear of a semi trailer.
2018-08-06	Shrewsbury	Massachusett	Trader Joe's	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was on a two-step ladder retrieving and lifting a sign overhead when the employee suffered an abdominal hernia, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-06	Burnsville	Mississippi	Jorge Vazquez	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee was laying standing seam metal roof decking when he stepped on insulation that was laid out underneath the metal decking and fell 30 feet through the insulation to the ground, landing on a crushed stone surface. He suffered a fractured left arm, fractured pelvis, and diaphragmatic hernia. A safety lanyard was not attached at the time of the incident.
2018-08-05	Meriden	Connecticut	Pediatric Services of America an Aveanna Co.	Lumbar region	Overexertion involving outside sources
At approximately 4:00 a.m. on 8/5/2018, an employee was repositioning a patient when she felt an intense pain in her lower left back due to a herniated disk.
2018-08-05	Erie	Pennsylvania	Gordon Food Service Store	Lumbar region	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting and moving 15-pound cases of sports drink when he felt a pop in his lower back. He was hospitalized for a herniated disk in his lower back.
2018-07-30	Saint Joseph	Missouri	DUPONT*	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes
An employee was cutting open 50 lbs. bags of solids and emptying them into a screener with the use of a lift table and vacuum lift. The employee was hospitalized that evening for surgery to correct a hernia.
2018-07-11	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Speedway LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
A store employee was struck in the abdomen by a shoplifter, causing the rupture of a prior hernia repair. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-07-04	Plant City	Florida	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a 30-pound case of frozen dough when the employee became sore due to a previous hernia, requiring hospitalization.
2018-06-27	Watertown	South Dakota	Terex Utilities, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was assisting others in a team lift effort to put a large bumper into the back of a truck and suffered a herniated/ruptured disk requiring surgery.
2018-06-27	Peoria	Illinois	Envoy Air, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia rupture while loading bags from a conveyor onto a plane, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-06-09	San Antonio	Texas	Methodist Healthcare Systems	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee lifted a box (60 lbs.) and tore a hernia.
2018-05-30	Redbud	Illinois	Prince Corporation	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
An employee was making a feed mill delivery at a customer location and squeezed his body into a gap between the semi-trailer and the loading dock before climbing into the back of the semi-trailer. Afterwards, the employee began experiencing upper body pain. The employee was hospitalized for a hernia.
2018-05-25	Lakewood	Colorado	Whole Foods	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was stocking milk cartons in a dairy cooler when he felt a strain in his back. He was hospitalized for hernia surgery.