Incident date: 2019-12-30
NAICS industry code: 321212

An employee was walking down stairs when he reached the bottom step and his legs buckled. He leaned against the handrail and rolled to the landing approximately 12 inches below, tearing a ligament in his right knee. He was hospitalized.

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