# Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified at Amspec LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010357` · 1/11/2025 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters structurally attached
## Employer
- **Name:** Amspec LLC
- **Location:** 3801 Gti Blvd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 334516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was boarding a barge. As he stepped onto the gangway, it shifted and the handrail he was using collapsed, causing him to fall and strike his right knee against the gangway. His patellar tendon was torn.

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