# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Universal Orlando Resort
> OSHA SIR `2023054615` · 5/24/2023 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Orlando Resort
- **Location:** 1000 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PLAZA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32819
- **NAICS:** 713110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down the exterior stairs of an attraction when they fell and sustained a right patellar tendon rupture. The employee was hospitalized.

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