# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at AutoPlus
> OSHA SIR `2021119921` · 11/16/2021 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AutoPlus
- **Location:** 1201 Old Hopewell Road, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving parts with a pallet jack. The pallet jack displaced a stack of plastic totes in front of the material being moved. The employee attempted to stop the stack of totes from falling and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a torn muscle in his left knee that required surgery.

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