# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Vail Resorts
> OSHA SIR `2022108641` · 10/1/2022 · CHAMPION, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Vail Resorts
- **Location:** 777 Waterwheel Drive, CHAMPION, PENNSYLVANIA, 15622
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up discarded cardboard boxes and throwing them away when they sustained a hernia.

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