# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Titanium Metals Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020087620` · 8/12/2020 · MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Titanium Metals Corporation
- **Location:** 900 Hemlock Road, MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19543
- **NAICS:** 331419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking down a set of stairs that had four steps, an employee missed a step and slid down the stairs, catching his leg between the upper and lower hand rail. The employee's knee twisted, tearing a thigh muscle.

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