# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Health New England, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191212708` · 12/11/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Health New England, Inc
- **Location:** 1414 Main Street, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01144
- **NAICS:** 524114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs carrying packages from the mailroom when the employee missed the last step and fell to the hard stairwell surface. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured quadriceps tendon.

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