Incident date: 2021-12-16
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was walking down the steps outside a building, carrying a 10-pound box. He slipped at the second or third step from the top and fell to the pavement with his legs folded behind him. He suffered ruptures to the quadriceps tendons in both knees.

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