# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Kmart Store #4304
> OSHA SIR `2015118335` · 11/5/2015 · FLORISSANT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Kmart Store #4304
- **Location:** Kmart Store # 4304, FLORISSANT, MISSOURI, 63033
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving merchandise from a layaway storage area and felt groin pain. He was hospitalized for hernia surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*