# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Job Store Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2016077012` · 7/29/2016 · BROOMFIELD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Job Store Staffing
- **Location:** One Duette Way, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, 80020
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was lifting a long box that weighed more than 50 lbs. onto a storage shelf. The employee felt a pop in his right abdomen. The employee was hospitalized for a possible hernia.

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