Incident date: 2024-08-06
NAICS industry code: 311423

An employee was descending the stairs in the boiler room. He reached the last stair before the landing and overstepped, causing his right knee to buckle. The employee sustained a torn patellar tendon that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Climbing or stepping  up or down
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate