# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Federal Bureau of Investigations
> OSHA SIR `2024075906` · 7/1/2024 · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
- **Secondary source:** Suspect under pursuit or investigation
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Investigations
- **Location:** 11000 Wilshire Blvd., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90024
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 5, 2024, an employee was serving a search warrant when they fell into a ditch while in pursuit of a suspect. The employee sustained a torn patellar tendon.

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