# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at COBB Mechanical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2017032328` · 3/13/2017 · FORT BLISS, 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 involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** COBB Mechanical Contractors
- **Location:** West Dock Administration Building, FORT BLISS, TEXAS, 79918
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 13, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was unloading copper pipes from a forklift when he suffered an umbilical hernia and was hospitalized.

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