# Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia at ADESA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021162` · 2/5/2018 · MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** ADESA, Inc.
- **Location:** 758 Franklin Road, MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16137
- **NAICS:** 425120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the inside of a car. As he was exiting the vehicle, his foot became stuck on the door and he fell outside of the vehicle to the concrete, suffering a spinal injury and paralysis that required hospitalization and surgery.

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