# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at BOTKIN LUMBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020076473` · 7/10/2020 · FARMINGTON, MISSOURI
## 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 pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BOTKIN LUMBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 1901 Progress Drive, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, 63640
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rotating a carousel stacked with cut lumber when he suffered a hernia. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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