# Multiple sprains, strains, tears at Republic National Distributing Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043094` · 4/13/2021 · DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple sprains, strains, tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic National Distributing Company, LLC
- **Location:** 441 Southwest 12th Avenue, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing merchandise for delivery when the employee stepped backward and fell 4 feet from the back of the truck to the ground. The employee hyperextended both knees tearing and straining muscles and ligaments.

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