# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Broadband Technical Resources
> OSHA SIR `2020076336` · 7/8/2020 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Shovels
## Employer
- **Name:** Broadband Technical Resources
- **Location:** 119 Watterson Pkwy & 315 Birkale Cove, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After pulling cable in a ceiling and shoveling dirt onto the back of a truck, an employee developed a hernia. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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