Incident date: 2024-01-17
NAICS industry code: 485410

An employee was going down a set of stairs when their toe got caught on a stair and they fell onto their knee while holding the railing. The employee suffered a torn quadricep tendon in their right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level  caught self or curtailed
code_source: title: Stairs, steps
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate