# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021669` · 2/23/2021 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
- **Location:** 5105 SW 41st Blvd., GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32608
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 23, 2020, an employee was moving a 570-pound tire onto a pickup truck's lift gate when the tire fell off the lift gate and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee suffered an injury to his right lower muscle and was hospitalized.

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