Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Name: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at UPS
Start: 11/6/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241110349 · 11/6/2024 · UPS

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: Vehicle unspecified
Secondary source: Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 2450 Rathmell Rd, OBETZ, OHIO, 43207
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was exiting a tractor when he missed the bottom step, hit his left knee on the step, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a torn patellar tendon from the tractor step.

Source

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