# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2020010729` · 1/23/2020 · BOSTON, 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:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 350 Marlborough Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02115
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while walking down an exterior stairway and tore a quadriceps muscle from the bone.

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