# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Exel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088142` · 8/27/2020 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Exel, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 Murray Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45217
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack to pick orders when the jack struck a guardrail, tearing a ligament in the employee's right leg.

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