# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at General Electric Appliance Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076815` · 7/26/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## 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:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** General Electric Appliance Company
- **Location:** 200 East 84th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10026
- **NAICS:** 423620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an oven. As he was leaving after the service was completed, he felt pain and pressure due to a hernia.

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