# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017032348` · 3/14/2017 · DIXON, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 405 W. 2nd Street, DIXON, ILLINOIS, 61021
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting packages and suffered a strangulated hernia.

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