# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at FedEx Freight
> OSHA SIR `2019011148` · 1/31/2019 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight
- **Location:** 2920 Davey Allison Blvd, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on door railings for rollers to a trailer when he slipped off a 6-foot A-frame ladder and then fell on the trailer floor, hitting his ribs. He then fell back and hit his face on the concrete surface below. He was hospitalized with neck and back injuries, requiring surgery.

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