# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021020885` · 2/1/2021 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Ground Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 750 S. Hicks Rd., PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60067
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to his vehicle during his lunch break when he slipped in the snow and fell to the ground, tearing a ligament in his left knee.

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