# Hernias at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
> OSHA SIR `2025021752` · 2/23/2025 · ALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
- **Location:** 1105 North Central Expressway, ALLEN, TEXAS, 75013
- **NAICS:** 622310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking an x-ray using a portable x-ray machine. The employee was adjusting a cartridge under a patient and felt abdominal pain. The employee sustained an incarcerated hernia.

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