# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Home Depot USA
> OSHA SIR `2017021628` · 2/19/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wheelbarrow
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot USA
- **Location:** 1100 Lumpkin Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a pallet when a nearby wheelbarrow tipped over and struck the employee's right ankle severing the Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

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