# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Ochsner Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2021075826` · 7/16/2021 · JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Ochsner Medical Center
- **Location:** 1514 Jefferson Hwy, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, 70121
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a patient when he began to feel abdominal pain and was hospitalized. The employee suffered a hernia.

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