# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Darling International Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022087449` · 8/22/2022 · BUFFALO, 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:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling International Inc
- **Location:** 2000 William Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee bent over to pick up a 35-pound container of oil. As he lifted it, he sustained two hernias. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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