# Sprains, strains, minor tears at Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065369` · 6/17/2024 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
- **Location:** 380 Mays Bridge Rd SW, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 17, 2024, at approximately 5:55 a.m., a machine operator injured his right leg after stepping into a 6-inch gap between sections of the edger infeed platform grating. The employee sustained a muscle tear and hematoma.

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