# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Superior Energies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021075547` · 7/7/2021 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Energies, Inc
- **Location:** TOTAL Port Arthur TX Facility, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 7, 2021, an employee was lifting their left leg up to climb onto the upper scaffold deck for scaffold modification. After stepping up approximately 2 feet to the upper scaffold deck, the employee felt a pain in their abdomen. The employee suffered an inguinal hernia that required hospitalization.

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