# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at RDO Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022064832` · 6/4/2022 · FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** RDO Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 3 miles north and 3 miles west of Faulkton, FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57438
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accessing a leaking valve on the underside of a planter. The employee had to bend/contort their body in order to get in position to block up the valve. While putting the valve back together, the employee experienced abdominal pain and nausea. The employee sustained a hernia.

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