Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Start: 7/27/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017077033 · 7/27/2017 · Bell Laboratories, Inc.

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, unspecified

Employer

Name: Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Location: 3699 Kinsman Boulevard, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53704
NAICS: 325320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking down concrete steps and caught his heel on the last step falling backwards. Both knees buckled due to the way he landed on his feet. The employee suffered torn patellar tendons in both knees.

Source

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