# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Mount Construction
> OSHA SIR `20181011169` · 10/30/2018 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Walking, without other incident-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Mount Construction
- **Location:** MP 56 Route 78, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07112
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down an embankment when his leg gave out. He suffered a torn quadriceps.

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