# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at The Home Depot, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021523` · 2/18/2016 · POOLER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot, Inc.
- **Location:** 190 Pooler Parkway, POOLER, GEORGIA, 31322
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a door from an upper shelf and carrying it down using a step ladder when he missed the last two steps and fell on his left leg/knee, possibly fracturing his kneecap and tearing ligaments. He was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*