# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Archer Western Herzog
> OSHA SIR `2018043324` · 4/6/2018 · GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Western Herzog
- **Location:** 1198 East Dallas Road, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, 76051
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a grapple truck and loading 30-foot sections of railroad track at the storage yard. The end of the rail struck his abdomen and pinned him against the truck seat while he was attempting to load the rail on the truck. He suffered a traumatic hernia of the abdominal wall.

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