Incident date: 2024-12-13
NAICS industry code: 111333

An employee was walking down stairs when he missed the last step and fell to the floor, landing on his knees. The employee suffered bilateral quadricep tendon tears with surgery required for both knees.

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