# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Federal Express Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023043230` · 4/11/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Express Corporation
- **Location:** 632 West Cargo Road, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving boxes when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. 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*