# Hernias at Yoder Machinery Sales
> OSHA SIR `2024065394` · 6/18/2024 · SWANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Twisting, reaching, bending
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Yoder Machinery Sales
- **Location:** 11362 S Airfield Road, SWANTON, OHIO, 43558
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 18, 2024, an employee was standing on a lift while detaching a beam from a hook. As they reached up to grab the hook, they felt a strain in their abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia and required surgery.

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