# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Verizon New York
> OSHA SIR `2017043825` · 4/10/2017 · BAYVILLE, 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 involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon New York
- **Location:** Bayville Ave., BAYVILLE, NEW YORK, 11709
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving cables when he felt a pain in his abdomen due to a hernia.

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