Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, 930 Valkenburgh St., HONOLULU, HAWAII 96818
on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through a hallway that had been mopped when he slipped and fell to the floor, tearing tendons in both of his knees and requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Other constructed surface
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