# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Bayer
> OSHA SIR `2022098285` · 9/20/2022 · LULING, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-indoors
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bayer
- **Location:** 12501 River Road, LULING, LOUISIANA, 70070
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down stairs when he fell, landing on his knees on a platform less than a foot below. He suffered torn patellar tendons in both knees.

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