← OSHA severe injury reports
Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
1 hospitalization · 20181111592 · 11/9/2018 · U.S. Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Knee(s)
- Nature of injury
- Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
Cause
- Event
- Walking, without other incident-single episode
- Source
- Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Postal Service
- Location
- 3300 Packerland Drive, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54303
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was walking on pavement, delivering mail, when his patellar tendon tore and his knee buckled.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown