# Fractures at DHL Express USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088475` · 8/17/2018 · DFW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Express USA Inc.
- **Location:** 1640 W 23rd Street DFW, DFW, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a ladder to a cargo loader to unload packages when he fell approximately 10 feet to a lower level, fracturing his right ankle.

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