# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Mayfield Ice Cream
> OSHA SIR `2018010935` · 1/29/2018 · HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA
## 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, lowering, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mayfield Ice Cream
- **Location:** 126 Barber Court, HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a possible hernia while stacking ice cream on a pallet, requiring hospitalization.

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