# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at NSK Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `20241110879` · 11/22/2024 · CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Ropes, ties, chains  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NSK Industries Inc
- **Location:** 150 Ascot Parkway, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 44223
- **NAICS:** 332722
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing plastic zip ties attached to a rack by putting cable ties around the pallet rack and pulling on the cable tie. The zip tie broke and he lost his balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and ruptures to their left and right quadriceps tendons.

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