# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Cintas Uniform Services
> OSHA SIR `2019010882` · 1/24/2019 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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