# Hernias at Akima Facilities Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054096` · 5/1/2025 · WEST POINT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Akima Facilities Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 1940 Furnace Rd, WEST POINT, NEW YORK, 10996
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two mechanics were putting a 206-pound tire on a rim. One employee sustained a hernia.

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