# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Dollar General Corporation/ DOLGENCORP, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010707` · 1/23/2023 · BARWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar General Corporation/ DOLGENCORP, LLC
- **Location:** 2096 S. Cedar Street, BARWICK, GEORGIA, 31720
- **NAICS:** 452319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:30 p.m., an employee was placing expired and damaged cartons of milk onto a rolling container from a backroom cooler. The employee was pushing the container out to a truck when it began to lean sideways. As the employee attempted to catch the container and push it back up, her legs slipped and she fell, resulting in a torn ligament in her right leg that required hospitalization.

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