# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at St Charles Pontiac
> OSHA SIR `2017099415` · 9/30/2017 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Car or vehicle washing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** St Charles Pontiac
- **Location:** 2535 E Main, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand drying cars after they came out of a car wash. The employee was walking backward close to the vehicle before it left the conveyor when his foot was caught between the moving conveyor chain and the side rail. His Achilles tendon tore and later became infected, requiring hospitalization.

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