Incident date: 2024-11-21
NAICS industry code: 334290

An employee was leaving a meeting at a customer site. As they were descending an interior staircase, the employee lost their footing on the last step and fell forward, landing on both knees on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a bilateral patellar tendon tear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, minor tears
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate