# Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments at Richmond Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `20241211443` · 12/11/2024 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Richmond Medical Center
- **Location:** 355 Bard Ave, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10310
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A security employee was restraining an agitated patient when they both fell to the floor and the employee's right hand struck the floor resulting in a broken tendon in the middle finger.

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