# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at KAR Auction Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065619` · 6/4/2019 · YAPHANK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Manhole and cistern covers
## Employer
- **Name:** KAR Auction Services Inc.
- **Location:** 425 Patchogue'Yaphank Rd, YAPHANK, NEW YORK, 11980
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in the vehicle check-in area, tripped on a manhole cover and fell to the ground. The employee sustained cuts on his face, a torn muscle in the left leg, and a pulled hamstring in the left leg.

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