# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at The Saratoga Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024032239` · 3/12/2024 · SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Fruits, vegetables
## Employer
- **Name:** The Saratoga Hospital
- **Location:** 211 CHURCH STREET, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 12866
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee acting as a public safety officer was assisting with an aggressive patient that was throwing grapes at them. While following the patient back to their room, the employee slipped on the grapes and fell, resulting in a bilateral rupture of the patellar tendon.

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