Incident date: 2025-07-10
NAICS industry code: 622110

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate