Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at St. Joseph's Hospital
Start: 6/19/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066064 · 6/19/2018 · St. Joseph's Hospital

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, unspecified
Source: Stairs, steps-indoors

Employer

Name: St. Joseph's Hospital
Location: 703 Main Street, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 07503
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee missed a step and fell while walking down the stairs, injuring the left knee and suffering a ruptured patella tendon. Both of the employee's hands were occupied at the time of the incident.

Source

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