# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Tele Data Com Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010711` · 1/22/2020 · HENRIETTA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Tele Data Com Inc.
- **Location:** Orolia Co. Bldg., HENRIETTA, NEW YORK, 14467
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the elevated platform of a scissor lift pulling a telecommunications cable. He reached out and handed the cable to an employee in an adjacent scissor lift and heard a pop. The employee suffered an abdominal hernia that needed surgery.

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