# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20191213262` · 12/29/2019 · YORK, MAINE
## 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:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** 6 Towee Hill Road, YORK, MAINE, 03909
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering a 46-pound parcel when she suffered a hernia. She was hospitalized.

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