# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at A&T Stainless Midland
> OSHA SIR `2019088438` · 8/15/2019 · MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A&T Stainless Midland
- **Location:** 952 10th Street, MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 15059
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was beginning to descend a three-step stairway when he lost balance and suffered a partially torn quadriceps tendon.

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