| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-08 | Hartford | Ct | Trinity Health of New England | Thigh(s) | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
| A nurse was performing a restraint on a combative patient and sustained a tear to his quadriceps that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-27 | Quincy | Il | Quincy Medical Group (QMG) | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 1:30 p.m. on May 27, 2021, an employee was carrying a 4-by-6 plywood panel down stairs from a second floor to a mezzanine. The employee fell at the last or second-to-last step and landed on the floor. Both of the employee's knees were injured, with quadriceps tendons torn from the kneecaps. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Cleveland | Oh | Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland works | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a concrete landing about 5 inches high. His left knee buckled when he stepped down. He was hospitalized with a torn quadriceps tendon and a fractured kneecap. | |||||
| 2021-02-08 | Highland Park | Il | FedEx Express | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking back to his truck after delivering mail when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in a driveway, resulting in torn quadriceps in the upper left leg that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-23 | Boise | Id | Boise Steel Erectors | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking down a wooden staircase and lost his footing. He fell approximately 4-5 feet and suffered a major tear(s) to his quadricep muscles. | |||||
| 2020-04-09 | Lincoln | California | THUNDER VALLEY CASINO RESORT | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| At 1:00 p.m. on April 9, 2020, an employee was turning to walk away from his truck when he tripped on a flatbed cart and fell to the ground. He landed on his knees and sustained injury to the knees and quadriceps tendon. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Jefferson Park | Illinois | Peoples Gas & Light | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were removing a meter inside a customer's establishment to perform a meter transfer. The injured employee was lowering the meter when he lost his grip and it slipped from his hands, striking his left thigh. He suffered a ruptured quadricep in his left thigh. | |||||
| 2020-01-24 | Merrick | New York | Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell while unloading a pallet. The employee suffered a head laceration and a torn quadriceps. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Boston | Massachusett | Verizon | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while walking down an exterior stairway and tore a quadriceps muscle from the bone. | |||||
| 2020-01-02 | Milford | Connecticut | R & R Freight Service. LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell while exiting a tractor, landing on the ground about 4 feet below. He suffered a torn quadriceps muscle and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-23 | Montclair | New Jersey | Public Service Electric & Gas | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was coming upstairs from a basement when his foot was caught in a hole in a step. He fell backward and tore his quadriceps. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Mingo Junction | Ohio | JSW Steel USA Ohio, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was climbing down a ladder. He was on the second rung when he felt his quadricep pull. He requiring hospitalization and surgery for a detached right quadricep muscle. | |||||
| 2019-08-15 | Midland | Pennsylvania | A&T Stainless Midland | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was beginning to descend a three-step stairway when he lost balance and suffered a partially torn quadriceps tendon. | |||||
| 2019-08-06 | Tioga | North Dakota | Minnesota Limited, LLC | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| While stepping onto the track of a bulldozer, an employee sustained a bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-10 | East Boston | Massachusett | JetBlue Airways Corporation | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking on tarmac between airport gates when he slipped on ice. He suffered a torn left quadriceps and a broken patella. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | Toms River | New Jersey | Shoprite | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a cart, rupturing the left quadricep and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-04-04 | Easton | Pennsylvania | Abarta Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was pulling a hand truck of soda up the steps to deliver to a customer. At the doorway, the employee stepped on a brass plate that was wet, slipped, and fell, tearing the quadriceps muscle. | |||||
| 2018-02-23 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Allegheny Health Network | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking in a hallway and went to step over a pen when his knee gave in. The employee fell and sustained a bilateral quadriceps tear. | |||||
| 2017-09-27 | Okeechobee | Florida | Charles Industries | Thigh(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee tripped on an office chair and struck his knee on a table, tearing his quadriceps tendon and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Trafford | Pennsylvania | Edward Marc Brands, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was pushing a trash cart to the dumpster when he fell onto the pavement. He twisted his left knee and suffered detached quadricep muscles in both legs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-14 | Lincoln | Illinois | FedEx | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee missed the last step while getting out of the cab of a truck and fell to the ground, tearing the right quadriceps. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Wilmington | Delaware | Whiting-Turner Contracting Company | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking from his office to his personal vehicle in the parking lot. As he descended some wooden steps, he slipped and fell down 3 to 4 stairs to the asphalt parking lot, tearing the quadricep tendons in both of his knees. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Cambridge | Massachusett | The Charles Stark Draper Labratory, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking in the parking garage, slipped on ice and fell striking the right knee on the ice and concrete. The employee was hospitalized for a torn right quadricep. | |||||
| 2017-03-14 | Rochester | New York | FedEx Ship Center | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was delivering packages, slipped on ice and tore their quadriceps which required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-04 | Newry | Maine | Sunday River Skiway Corp. | Thigh(s) | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training |
| An employee was snowboarding to perform a routine trail check when a guest snowboarder collided with the employee on the trail. The employee suffered a broken leg and quadricep lacerations. | |||||
| 2016-10-22 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Frontier Communications | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| While he was descending outdoor concrete stairs at a customer's premises, and the employee's knee gave out. He fell to the ground and tore his left and right quadriceps. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | USPS - Lower Paxton | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee slipped and fell while descending from a damp porch at a residence, rupturing a quadricep tendon in the left leg. | |||||
| 2016-07-20 | Webster | New York | Crane-Hogan Structural Systems, Inc | Thigh(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a circular saw when their vest got caught up in the saw. The employee's right quadricep was lacerated. | |||||
| 2016-05-16 | Vallejo | California | U.S. Postal Service | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| While walking, an employee stepped up and over a curb instead of using a ramp. The employee's knees gave way, resulting in injuries to both knees and quadriceps. The employee required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | Dattco Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell/tripped on the bottom step as he exited a bus, falling to the asphalt pavement and landing on his knees. He tore his left and right quadriceps and required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-07 | Pardeeville | Wisconsin | Alliant Energy Corporation | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on the ground, pulling overhead cable using fish tape. The fish tape broke or detached from the cable, causing the employee to fall to his knees. He tore quadriceps tendons in both knees. | |||||
| 2015-11-16 | Mont Belvieu | Texas | Targa Resources | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode |
| An employee was walking toward his truck. When he stepped down to the ground from the sidewalk with his right leg, he felt a pop. He fell to his knees and could not stand up, experiencing tingling and loss of feeling in both legs. He suffered a serious muscle strain to both quadriceps. | |||||
| 2015-09-15 | Jacksonville | Florida | Black Knight Financial Services | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was going down the stairs when he fell on his right knee. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery on his right quadriceps. | |||||
| 2015-01-05 | Perry | Ohio | Perry Nuclear Power Plant | Thigh(s) | Slip without fall |
| An employee walking from the parking lot en route to his assigned work area slipped, tearing his quadriceps tendon. The employee was discharged from the ER, but later returned to Lake West hospital that evening and was admitted. The employee has since been scheduled for surgery. | |||||