# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054629` · 5/7/2019 · MONTGOMERY, 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 throwing-multiple episodes
- **Source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 749 North Court Street, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36103
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tossing old light fixtures into a scrap bin when he felt pain in his lower left quadrant. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair a hernia.

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