ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA·2025-07-10

U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs

Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures and soft tissue injuries

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, 1100 Tunnel Road, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28805 on 2025-07-10, Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the knee(s) and leg(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was descending the back stairwell to go to lunch when he missed a step. As he fell forward, his toes hit a step which pulled his right leg behind him. He landed on the concrete stairwell landing between floors. He sustained a partial rupture of the right quadriceps tendon and an avulsion fracture involving the right patella. The employee required surgery.

Hospitalized Knee(s) and leg(s) Stairs, steps

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