# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Medic One Ambulance
> OSHA SIR `2022032392` · 3/16/2022 · LAKE CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Medic One Ambulance
- **Location:** Hwy 69 S., LAKE CITY, ARKANSAS, 72437
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A paramedic was crossing a ditch to reach an injured person. His right knee was hyperextended and he suffered a partial tear of the right quadriceps tendon. He was hospitalized.

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