Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
Start: 4/8/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043117 · 4/8/2022 · Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Cause

Event: Slip without fall, n.e.c.
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
Location: Leland Collier Electric, RED OAK, TEXAS, 75154
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was making a delivery at a customer's business. When the employee pulled the pallet jack over the lip of the door frame, he slipped but regained his balance. The employee heard a pop and then fell to the ground. The employee sustained injury to their quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon.

Source

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