# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at CBRE GWS Real Estate Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010308` · 10/27/2017 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** CBRE GWS Real Estate Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2299 Busse Road, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 522390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down from a 6-ft. ladder and missed the last step, tearing tendons in both knees.

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