# Sprains, strains, minor tears at Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076858` · 7/29/2024 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
- **Source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
- **Secondary source:** Tires, inner tubes
## Employer
- **Name:** Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 3131 Main Street, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54311
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/29/2024, an employee was utilizing a hand dolly cart to move a stack of automotive tires. When he used the foot pedal to start moving the cart, he felt a pain in his knee/leg area. The employee sustained a torn quadriceps tendon.

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