# Hernias at Hackensack Meridian Health
> OSHA SIR `2025043718` · 4/22/2025 · NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Non-riding pallet jack
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hackensack Meridian Health
- **Location:** 1945 NJ-33, NEPTUNE, NEW JERSEY, 07753
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a pallet jack when they felt a strain in their abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia.

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