# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at DUPONT*
> OSHA SIR `2018077723` · 7/30/2018 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## 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-multiple episodes
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** DUPONT*
- **Location:** 4309 S. 50th Street, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting open 50 lbs. bags of solids and emptying them into a screener with the use of a lift table and vacuum lift. The employee was hospitalized that evening for surgery to correct a hernia.

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