Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Start: 4/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043559 · 4/20/2017 · Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

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-outdoors

Employer

Name: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Location: 1815 Augustine Cutoff, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19803
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking from his office to his personal vehicle in the parking lot. As he descended some wooden steps, he slipped and fell down 3 to 4 stairs to the asphalt parking lot, tearing the quadricep tendons in both of his knees. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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