Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Littleton Adventist Hospital
Start: 1/11/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010202 · 1/11/2016 · Littleton Adventist Hospital

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
Source: Stairs, steps-indoors
Secondary source: Co-worker

Employer

Name: Littleton Adventist Hospital
Location: 7700 South Broadway, LITTLETON, COLORADO, 80122
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking up the staircase at the worksite, ran into a coworker and fell. The employee reached out to brace for impact and suffered a triceps tendon avulsion in the left arm that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown