# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at BARLETTA HEAVY DIVISION, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `20191212472` · 12/4/2019 · MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** BARLETTA HEAVY DIVISION, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1000 Constitution Way, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02155
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 4, 2019, an employee slipped and fell on an icy aluminum staircase while exiting a job trailer. The employee's left quadriceps was torn.

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