# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015050461` · 5/8/2015 · CANTON, GEORGIA
## 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 lifting, lowering, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 180 LAMAR HALEY PARKWAY, CANTON, GEORGIA, 30114
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting aluminum stock weighing 15 to 20 pounds. During this activity, the employee aggravated a pre-existing hernia condition in the lower left groin, requiring hospitalization and surgery to repair the hernia.

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