# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at MACY'S, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044153` · 4/24/2019 · ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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