# Hernias at Acushnet Company
> OSHA SIR `2025043463` · 4/14/2025 · LAKEVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acushnet Company
- **Location:** 175 Kenneth Welch Drive, LAKEVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02347
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a hernia while lifting a box. The employee was hospitalized.

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