# Fractures at XPO Logistics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087519` · 8/7/2017 · MASPETH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics, Inc.
- **Location:** 49-15 Maspeth Ave., MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the air brakes on the tractor trailer when it backed into the employee resulting in fractured ribs.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*