# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Canadian Solar
> OSHA SIR `20241110413` · 11/8/2024 · MESQUITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Canadian Solar
- **Location:** 3000 Skyline Drive, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack with commercial finished goods. The floor was wet due to rain and the pallet jack lost traction and struck a pallet of broken glass. The employee's left foot and ankle were caught between the pallet jack and the pallet, and a piece of glass punctured his left calf. The employee was hospitalized.

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