# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at SBA Communications
> OSHA SIR `2016032445` · 3/21/2016 · PLAINVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Telecommunications and cell phone towers
## Employer
- **Name:** SBA Communications
- **Location:** 2849 19 Rd., PLAINVILLE, KANSAS, 67663
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While climbing a cellular communication tower that was approximately 382 feet aboveground, an employee suffered an upper hernia tear in his abdomen.

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