# Open wounds, unspecified at Menards Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021064980` · 6/18/2021 · PLANO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Menards Distribution Center
- **Location:** 2611 Eldamain Road, PLANO, ILLINOIS, 60545
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a pallet conveyor when she lost her balance and fell onto the conveyor, which pulled in her leg. The employee suffered an open wound to her left leg 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*