Fall on same level due to slipping · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sarah Reed Children's Center, 2445 West 34th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16506
on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was playing in the outside yard with a group of children. The employee slipped in the grass and tore a tendon in her right knee. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on the knee.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Ground, n.e.c.
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