# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at FedEx Express
> OSHA SIR `2021021112` · 2/8/2021 · HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Express
- **Location:** 110 Hiawatha Trl, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, 60035
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering mail when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in a driveway, resulting in torn quadriceps in the upper left leg that required hospitalization and surgery.

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