# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at ADF Companies
> OSHA SIR `2016010273` · 1/12/2016 · PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ADF Companies
- **Location:** 302 Preakness Avenue, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 07502
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was pushing refrigeration equipment up a truck ramp, he felt a tug/tear in his left calf muscle, which then caused a blood clot. He was hospitalized.

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