# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Whole Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018055133` · 5/25/2018 · LAKEWOOD, 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 involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods
- **Location:** 444 S Wadsworth Blvd, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, 80226
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stocking milk cartons in a dairy cooler when he felt a strain in his back. He was hospitalized for hernia surgery.

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