# Hernias at Performance Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010866` · 1/27/2025 · MOUNT VERNON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** AM / NS Calvert, MOUNT VERNON, ALABAMA, 36560
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 27, 2025, an employee was performing housekeeping. He was moving his toolbox and felt a pain in his lower abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.

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