# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Hyperbaric Medical Associates
> OSHA SIR `2016087273` · 8/5/2016 · WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hyperbaric Medical Associates
- **Location:** 445 Hamilton Ave., WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, 10601
- **NAICS:** 621111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when he fell, rupturing the patellar tendons in both knees.

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