# Fractures at YRC Freight
> OSHA SIR `2019088848` · 8/26/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** YRC Freight
- **Location:** 9510 Clay road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77080
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a furniture box at a customer's location when the box fell and hit the employee's right ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.

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