# Hernias at CBRE Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087723` · 8/21/2024 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
- **Source:** Jackhammers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** CBRE Inc
- **Location:** 660 5th Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10103
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 71.3-pound jackhammer to break up a concrete pad. The jackhammer became stuck in the concrete. The employee tried to pull the jackhammer out of the concrete and sustained a hernia requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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