# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Alcoa Forging & Extrusion
> OSHA SIR `2015107690` · 10/15/2015 · MASSENA, NEW YORK
## 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 pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcoa Forging & Extrusion
- **Location:** 1 Park Avenue East, MASSENA, NEW YORK, 13662
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual crimping tool to bend scrap coils. While using an upward pulling motion to crimp the clip, he felt pain in his abdomen and suffered a right-side abdominal hernia.

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