# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at GEICO
> OSHA SIR `2015118399` · 11/8/2015 · WOODBURY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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