# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at CAZENOVIA EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021010543` · 1/20/2021 · LA FAYETTE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip without fall, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** CAZENOVIA EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
- **Location:** 2393 US Route 11, LA FAYETTE, NEW YORK, 13084
- **NAICS:** 444210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 1/20/2021, an employee was unloading a box truck with a pallet jack when he slipped on ice and struck his knee on the pallet jack. The employee suffered muscle detachment from his kneecap that requires surgery.

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