# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at TURNER CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2019088229` · 8/11/2019 · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** TURNER CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 145 Broadway, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02138
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee bent down to gather tools and suffered a hernia. The employee had surgery and was hospitalized.

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