# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Texas Christian University
> OSHA SIR `2023098757` · 9/22/2023 · MANHATTAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Christian University
- **Location:** 1800 College Avenue, MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 66502
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was participating in volleyball warm-up practice. The employee was serving volleyballs overhead when he suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.

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