# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at HMS Interiors
> OSHA SIR `2017098987` · 9/20/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** HMS Interiors
- **Location:** 8568 Bustleton Ave, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19152
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a hernia while climbing a scaffold and was hospitalized.

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