# Fractures at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `2017099137` · 9/22/2017 · PHARR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(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:** U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 9901 S Cage Blvd, PHARR, TEXAS, 78577
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the inside of a cargo truck at a loading dock when the truck driver began to drive away, causing the employee to fall off the dock. He broke his left ankle and injured his knee.

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