# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at DHL Express
> OSHA SIR `20191212474` · 12/4/2019 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Express
- **Location:** 32nd Street between Madison Ave and Park Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10016
- **NAICS:** 813910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:00 p.m., an employee was leaving his truck when he slipped and fell, his left side and back striking the truck's bumper. He suffered muscle and tendon injuries and lower back pain.

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