# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076529` · 7/21/2023 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
- **Location:** 8500 Heckscher Drive, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32227
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A shipyard electrician was pulling cable while inside the mid-deck of a U.S. Navy vessel that was being constructed. He walked around the corner as he was carrying the cable with three other employees and fell through a hatch to the floor below. The employee sustained torn ligaments in the kneecap.

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