Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at MACY'S, Inc.
Start: 4/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019044153 · 4/24/2019 · MACY'S, 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: Trip without fall, n.e.c.
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name: MACY'S, Inc.
Location: 451 E ALTAMONTE DR., ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32701
NAICS: 448140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on the roof. He was walking down the fixed stairs from the cooling tower when he missed a step and both his knees gave out. He caught himself on the rail and did not fall. He suffered from torn tendons behind both kneecaps, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

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