# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at AG EXPRESS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016042947` · 4/8/2016 · PAUL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** AG EXPRESS INC.
- **Location:** Pasco Storage Cellar, PAUL, IDAHO, 83347
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed up a ladder to enter a trailer and fix flaps on the trailer belt that were laying the wrong direction. When he climbed over the side of the trailer and turned his body, he aggravated a previous hernia and required hospitalization.

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