# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at MCNEILUS Truck and Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20191213136` · 12/23/2019 · EAST GRANBY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** MCNEILUS Truck and Manufacturing
- **Location:** 35 Nickolson Road, EAST GRANBY, CONNECTICUT, 06026
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing snow and ice from the parking lot with a skid steer loader when the loader struck into a pile of snow and ice. The employee suffered an umbilical hernia.

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