Incident date: 2017-07-27
NAICS industry code: 325320

An employee was walking down concrete steps and caught his heel on the last step falling backwards. Both knees buckled due to the way he landed on his feet. The employee suffered torn patellar tendons in both knees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps, unspecified
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate