# Fractures at FedEx Freight
> OSHA SIR `20181212844` · 12/14/2018 · BUTTE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight
- **Location:** 119771 Rick Jones Way, BUTTE, MONTANA, 59701
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a trailer door and bent over to pick up a package when a rope that was strapped around a pallet snapped and struck him in the left ankle. The left ankle was broken.

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