Incident date: 2015-11-08
NAICS industry code: 524210

An employee was closing an office window shade when the employee slipped and fell from the 12-inch high window ledge. The employee's patellar tendon ruptured.

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