# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at National Reconnaissance Office
> OSHA SIR `2023098868` · 9/26/2023 · CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** National Reconnaissance Office
- **Location:** 14675 Lee Road, CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, 20151
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was descending the last two steps to the ground level of the parking garage stairs when they fell to the ground-level landing. The employee sustained ruptured left and right quadriceps at the patella, requiring hospitalization.

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