# Hernias at Bozzuto's, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025065555` · 6/10/2025 · NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while catching or throwing object(s)
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Fruits, vegetables
## Employer
- **Name:** Bozzuto's, Inc
- **Location:** 400 North Frontage Road, NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, 06473
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was leveling apples in boxes. Some apple boxes fell. When the employee went to catch one, he aggravated a hernia. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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