# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Littleton Adventist Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016010202` · 1/11/2016 · LITTLETON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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