# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
> OSHA SIR `2024064988` · 6/6/2024 · KINGWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
- **Location:** 22999 US HWY 59N, KINGWOOD, TEXAS, 77339
- **NAICS:** 621610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a water system that was leaking. Upon stepping off the platform where the tank sits (approximately 6 inches high), she hit a wet spot on the floor, slipped, and fell. The employee landed on her left knee and sustained a complete tear of her right hamstring.

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