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Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
1 hospitalization · 2016087682 · 8/16/2016 · USPS - Lower Paxton
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Thigh(s)
- Nature of injury
- Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
Cause
- Event
- Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- Source
- Porches, balconies, decks, patios
Employer
- Name
- USPS - Lower Paxton
- Location
- 230 South Arlington Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17109
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee slipped and fell while descending from a damp porch at a residence, rupturing a quadricep tendon in the left leg.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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