# Hernias at Massachusetts General Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2025065414` · 6/6/2025 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble on same level  without fall
- **Source:** Constructed surface irregularity
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Location:** 55 Fruit St, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02114
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped on a raised area of the floor while walking and stumbled but did not fall, aggravating an inguinal hernia. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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