# Hernias at St. Francis Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2025054262` · 5/6/2025 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## 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:** St. Francis Medical Center
- **Location:** 6001 E Woodmen Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 8092, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80923
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a patient before surgery. After moving the patient up on a bed, the employee felt pain in his right side. He was hospitalized for surgery to repair  an inguinal hernia.

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