Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Start: 11/8/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110500 · 11/8/2016 · CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Stairs, steps-indoors

Employer

Name: CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Location: 1505 E. BURLINGTON AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking down a staircase when he overstepped from the second-to-last-step to the bottom of the staircase and fell forward onto his knees. The patella tendons were torn in both of his knees, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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