# Sprains, strains, minor tears at L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110857` · 11/21/2024 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Stairs, steps
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 Sylvester Road, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92106
- **NAICS:** 334290
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was leaving a meeting at a customer site. As they were descending an interior staircase, the employee lost their footing on the last step and fell forward, landing on both knees on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a bilateral patellar tendon tear.

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