# Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified at Green Mountain Rental
> OSHA SIR `2025043036` · 4/1/2025 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Green Mountain Rental
- **Location:** 21232 HWY 431, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a manual steel thumb on an excavator. When the thumb was disconnected, he lost his balance and fell from the excavator bucket he had been standing on. The thumb then pinned his left foot and knee, causing injuries to the foot and the knee that resulted in swelling and ligament damage.

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