PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI—
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Standing, standing up-single episode · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
Final narrative
An employee raised up from a squatting/kneeling position to avoid a fire hazard from hot work. While doing so, he ruptured/tore his right quadriceps tendon.
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