# Hernias at Saia Motor Freight Line
> OSHA SIR `2024010465` · 1/17/2024 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Intestines, peritoneum  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Brake assemblies
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Saia Motor Freight Line
- **Location:** 580 Delancey Street, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07105
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another employee lift a brake drum onto a forklift. Fifteen minutes after, the injured employee began experiencing stomach pain. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.

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