# Cartilage fractures and tears, unspecified at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211607` · 12/23/2023 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cartilage fractures and tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 2525 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking around a machine when they fell and ruptured a quadricep tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

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