# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Teledyne Benthos, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054925` · 5/31/2017 · N FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Teledyne Benthos, Inc.
- **Location:** 49 Edgerton Drive, N FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, 02556
- **NAICS:** 334519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing stairs when he felt a pop in his knee due to a torn tendon.

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