# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `20241110518` · 11/11/2024 · MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot
- **Location:** RLC # 8616, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA, 30253
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was talking with a supervisor when she was struck by a water heater that fell off a pallet on a passing electric pallet jack. The water heater struck her in the left calf, causing a partial laceration to a tendon that required surgery.

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