# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010022` · 1/4/2017 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## 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:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a hernia while pulling a 50 pound piece of beef off of the conveyor table. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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