# Hernias at United Airlines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109886` · 10/23/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Portable stairs
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United Airlines, Inc.
- **Location:** O'Hare International Airport, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing aircraft stairs at a hangar when they sustained an abdominal hernia.

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