Report: Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode at Universal Pressure Pumping in Midland, Texas

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.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at GR Fresh Inc. in San Antonio, Texas

An employee suffered a hernia while picking up a steel ramp for a forklift.

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Report: Fall on same level due to slipping at Crest Foods Corporate, Store #3 in Edmond, Oklahoma

An employee had been using a slicer to cut deli meat. The employee slipped and fell on meat slices that were on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a chest injury and a hernia injury in the stomach.

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Report: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode at Sala Motor Freight Austin, TX in Austin, Texas

An employee was pulling down the roll door on the back of a trailer after making a delivery when he suffered an abdominal hernia.

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Report: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode at Republic Industries in Marshall, Texas

An employee was loading, pushing, and pulling a cart with wooden doors that weighed approximately 20 pounds when he suffered an abdominal hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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Report: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning, unspecified at Helmerich & Payne IDC.,Rig #427 in Big Lake, Texas

Employees were pulling slips while running drill pipe in a well bore. An employee suffered a hernia.

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Report: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode at McAtee Cabinets in Cameron, Texas

An employee was pulling plywood from a storage bin when he suffered a hernia.

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Report: Overexertion in lifting-single episode at J&J Worldwide Services in El Paso, Texas

At 9:45 a.m. on June 15, 2019, an employee suffered a possible hernia while lifting a door onto a dolly.

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Report: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode at Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. in Waller, Texas

An employee was pushing an air handler on a conveyor system when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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Report: Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode at Auto-Chlor Services LLC in Irving, Texas

An employee felt abdominal pain while getting out of his truck. He was hospitalized, having suffered a hernia.

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