Incident date: 2016-11-08
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was walking down a staircase when he overstepped from the second-to-last-step to the bottom of the staircase and fell forward onto his knees. The patella tendons were torn in both of his knees, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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