Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

An employee was walking in a parking lot when she fell, suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon.

An employee was walking down stairs when he fell, landing on the concrete below. He suffered detached patellar tendons on both knees and was hospitalized.

An employee working at the car wash was struck by a reversing vehicle resulting in a torn ligament in the left leg.

An employee was loading a pallet into a truck when he slipped and tore his left patella tendon, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was opening a high-pressure relief valve with a pressure bar. He was pulling down on the bar when it gave way, causing him to fall on the second bar. He tore his left triceps and bicep.

While walking into the building, an employee slipped on a wet floor and tore the right hamstring.

An employee was opening the first of two plug valves on a blow-down line when a threaded nipple on the de-sander dislodged, causing the iron with the plug valves to strike him. He suffered a 2-inch laceration to the left knee, a small face laceration, a torn MCL in the right knee, and right shoulder […]

An employee was chasing a patient leaving the emergency room when he tripped on the curb outside and tore his knee tendons. He was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing onto a trailer when the hook the employee was holding broke off. The employee fell to the ground tearing their ACL and suffering a head injury.

An employee was picking up a pallet when a nearby wheelbarrow tipped over and struck the employee’s right ankle severing the Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized.