# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Ohio Farms Packing Company LTD
> OSHA SIR `20241211519` · 12/12/2024 · STERLING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Farms Packing Company LTD
- **Location:** 6658 Zigler Road, STERLING, OHIO, 44276
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a pallet. When she turned around and started walking, she was struck by a forklift that was backing up. The forklift knocked her down and ran over her left foot, resulting in snapped tendons in all her left toes.

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