# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20241110349` · 11/6/2024 · OBETZ, OHIO
## 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:** Vehicle  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2450 Rathmell Rd, OBETZ, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a tractor when he missed the bottom step, hit his left knee on the step, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a torn patellar tendon from the tractor step.

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