# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Tufts University
> OSHA SIR `20190910008` · 9/24/2019 · MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tufts University
- **Location:** 170 Packard Avenue, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02155
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell in a stairwell, landing on a hard surface and suffering a knee injury.

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