Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Frontier Communications
Start: 10/22/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016109958 · 10/22/2016 · Frontier Communications

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, unspecified
Source: Stairs, steps-outdoors

Employer

Name: Frontier Communications
Location: 46 Stonefield drive, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06705
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While he was descending outdoor concrete stairs at a customer's premises, and the employee's knee gave out. He fell to the ground and tore his left and right quadriceps.

Source

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