# Multiple sprains, strains, tears at U.S. Xpress, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076101` · 7/13/2022 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple sprains, strains, tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Xpress, Inc.
- **Location:** 1075 Frank Amerson Parkway, MACON, GEORGIA, 31216
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending an outside stairway. He slipped on the steps, wet with rain, and fell. He strained both knees and suffered a quadriceps tear at the right knee.

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