# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Hoist & Crane Service Group
> OSHA SIR `20191212989` · 12/18/2019 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hoist & Crane Service Group
- **Location:** 2502 Sheldon Rd., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting out of a truck at his hotel when he fell to the ground, suffering a ruptured patellar tendon.

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