# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Chicago Paper Tube & Can Company dba MPS Paper Tube & Can, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065618` · 6/16/2020 · CHICAGO, 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:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Chicago Paper Tube & Can Company dba MPS Paper Tube & Can, LLC
- **Location:** 4221 N. Normandy Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60634
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a box that weighed no more than 25 pounds and experienced pain in the abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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