# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Fort Rucker - Garrision
> OSHA SIR `2020021184` · 2/5/2020 · FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Fort Rucker - Garrision
- **Location:** Directorate of Public Safety-Building 9213 (Training), FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA, 36362
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 5, 2020, an employee was rolling up a hose to load it into a fire truck when the hose jerked forward and jolted him. He suffered a hernia, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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