# Hernias at The Lincoln Electric Co.
> OSHA SIR `2025032227` · 3/8/2025 · MENTOR, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping  up or down
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** The Lincoln Electric Co.
- **Location:** 6500 HEISLEY ROAD, MENTOR, OHIO, 44060
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a loading dock. The employee sustained 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*