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Fractures and soft tissue injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025076682 · 7/10/2025 · U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source
Stairs, steps
Secondary source
Stairs, steps

Employer

Name
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs
Location
1100 Tunnel Road, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28805
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was descending the back stairwell to go to lunch when he missed a step. As he fell forward, his toes hit a step which pulled his right leg behind him. He landed on the concrete stairwell landing between floors. He sustained a partial rupture of the right quadriceps tendon and an avulsion fracture involving the right patella. The employee required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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