# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20241110306` · 11/5/2024 · CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 87 BRICK KILN ROAD, CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01824
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preforming his post-trip inspection, tripped on a curb and fell to the ground. The employee sustained torn ligaments in both knees that required hospitalization and surgery.

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