# Fractures at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021565` · 2/12/2019 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Plastic wrap
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
- **Location:** 3215 Spur 482, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading packages onto a van. He turned around and was walking on the concrete floor when plastic from pallets he had straightened up caught his legs, causing him to trip and fall to the ground. He suffered a broken left hip.

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