# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Arrow Exterminators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110166` · 11/18/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Arrow Exterminators, Inc.
- **Location:** 133 West Oxmoor Road Suite 217, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 18, 2022, an employee was checking rodent stations at a customer's home. Upon standing from a bent position, the employee experienced pain in the abdomen. He was hospitalized and had surgery for a hernia.

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