# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098663` · 9/9/2017 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3601 N. Delaware Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19134
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a boom from a forklift when the boom fell and struck his arm, tearing his bicep. He was hospitalized.

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