# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Main Line Health
> OSHA SIR `20191213237` · 12/27/2019 · PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Main Line Health
- **Location:** 255 W. Lancaster Ave., PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA, 19301
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a stairway when her foot and knee twisted, causing her to fall forward.  Two other employees prevented her from falling to the ground, but she suffered a torn right meniscus and a torn ligament in the left ankle.

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