# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Mid South Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2017021240` · 2/8/2017 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid South Lumber
- **Location:** 1115 C Street, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39302
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 2/8/17, an employee was walking upstairs with a chainsaw when the employee slipped on oil and fell, tearing the rotator cuff in the right shoulder.

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