# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Great Northern Instore, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191112023` · 11/19/2019 · DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS
## 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-single episode
- **Source:** Furniture and fixtures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Northern Instore, LLC
- **Location:** 333 E. Touhy Avenue, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60018
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a copper fixture weighing 117 pounds and sustained a hernia.

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