# Fractures at Sysco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087526` · 8/7/2017 · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco, Inc.
- **Location:** 20 Theodore Conrad Dr, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 07305
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a dock plate that was 41 inches off the ground, preparing to load a truck trailer. As he was raising the trailer door, the truck pulled away, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the dock plate. He fractured his tibia.

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