# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Fedex Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010173` · 10/23/2017 · SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 251 Grand Ave., SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS, 76092
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back of a lift gate when he attempted to kick a strap into the trailer, lost his balance, and fell to the ground, injuring his back.

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