# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at JSW Steel USA Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099392` · 9/9/2019 · MINGO JUNCTION, OHIO
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** JSW Steel USA Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Commercial Avenue, MINGO JUNCTION, OHIO, 43938
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down a ladder. He was on the second rung when he felt his quadricep pull. He requiring hospitalization and surgery for a detached right quadricep muscle.

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