# Hernias at Alsco Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043293` · 4/15/2024 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while materials moving by hand
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Alsco Inc.
- **Location:** 5111 E 42nd St, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79760
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a bag of soiled laundry when they began to experience pain in their abdomen, resulting in hospitalization due to a hernia.

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