# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Action Carting Environmental
> OSHA SIR `20191111462` · 11/4/2019 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Action Carting Environmental
- **Location:** 1809 Emmons Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11235
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a sliding metal gate when the gate came off its track and struck the employee on the left shoulder and thigh. The employee sustained a ligament tear in the thigh.

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