# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at FedEx Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099184` · 9/5/2018 · CHESTER SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 2245 Ticonderoga Blvd, CHESTER SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA, 19425
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the rear doors on a semi trailer. A 227-pound skid of freight fell out of the trailer, striking the employee in the back of the head and neck.

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