# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Bartlett Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2019021439` · 2/8/2019 · STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip on substance without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Bartlett Tree Services
- **Location:** 2101 Boal Avenue, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16801
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping over branches lying on a sidewalk. The employee slipped and twisted her knee resulting in a torn ACL in the right leg.

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