Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Cintas Uniform Services
Start: 1/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010882 · 1/24/2019 · Cintas Uniform Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Cintas Uniform Services
Location: 10080 Sandmyer Lane, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19116
NAICS: 812332
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 9:30 p.m. on January 24, 2019, an employee was outside a building, pulling an empty metal cart up a slight elevated grade to a truck. The cart struck him, tearing his Achilles tendon.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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