# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Abarta Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043234` · 4/4/2018 · EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Abarta Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC
- **Location:** 41 North 3rd Street, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18042
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a hand truck of soda up the steps to deliver to a customer. At the doorway, the employee stepped on a brass plate that was wet, slipped, and fell, tearing the quadriceps muscle.

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