# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
> OSHA SIR `20231110786` · 11/22/2023 · BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Intermediate Maintenance Facility
- **Location:** 1400 Farragut Avenue, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, 98314
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On 11/22/2023, at  8:35 AM, an employee was stepping onto a barge when they slipped on a wet surface and fell on their knee. The employee sustained a torn ligament in their knee requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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