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Performance Food Service - Roma - Springfield

Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified — Hernias due to traumatic incidents — SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Performance Food Service - Roma - Springfield in SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
Employer Performance Food Service - Roma - Springfield Report ID 20201010279
Address 280 Main Mall Rd City, State ZIP SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE 04106
Event Date October 29, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Hernias due to traumatic incidents Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified Source of Injury Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424410 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.63000, -70.33000

Incident Narrative

On October 29, 2020, a Performance Food Service employee was unloading food products at a customer location when he suffered an exacerbation of an umbilical hernia.

Incident Summary

On October 29, 2020, a worker at Performance Food Service - Roma - Springfield in SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE suffered hernias due to traumatic incidents to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified, with containers-nonpressurized, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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