# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Perry Nuclear Power Plant
> OSHA SIR `2015010081` · 1/5/2015 · PERRY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip without fall, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Perry Nuclear Power Plant
- **Location:** 10 Central Rd., PERRY, OHIO, 44081
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walking from the parking lot en route to his assigned work area slipped, tearing his quadriceps tendon. The employee was discharged from the ER, but later returned to Lake West hospital that evening and was admitted. The employee has since been scheduled for surgery.

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