# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at USPS - Lower Paxton
> OSHA SIR `2016087682` · 8/16/2016 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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