# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Power Component Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087198` · 8/8/2023 · HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Construction debris
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Component Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 14 East Caracas Avenue, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tearing down drywall walls. As he tried to pick up a 1-foot-square piece of drywall, he stepped on another piece and his legs went out from under him. He suffered a torn hamstring.

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