Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at GEICO
Start: 11/8/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015118399 · 11/8/2015 · GEICO

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Windows, openings

Employer

Name: GEICO
Location: 750 WOODBURY RD., WOODBURY, NEW YORK, 11797
NAICS: 524210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing an office window shade when the employee slipped and fell from the 12-inch high window ledge. The employee's patellar tendon ruptured.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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