# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015010785` · 1/24/2015 · CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 6330 Fountain Square Drive, CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA, 95621
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On 1/24/2015, an employee was lifting a tray of mail to load a truck and felt pain in the stomach.  Employee went home ill at about 9:30 a.m.  Later that day, the employee went to Kaiser Hospital in Roseville, California, and was admitted.  The employee had surgery for a double hernia on 1/25/2015.

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