# Cuts, lacerations at FEDEX FREIGHT EAST INC
> OSHA SIR `2017088128` · 8/23/2017 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX FREIGHT EAST INC
- **Location:** 5501 PARIS ROAD, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65202
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a truck for the day and putting a pallet jack into the trailer. While stepping between the dock and the trailer, the employee's right leg went into the 8-inch gap. The employee sustained a deep laceration to the leg below the knee, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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