# Fractures at XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020065724` · 6/19/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT, INC.
- **Location:** 2800 Forrest Park Rd SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30354
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer using a freight stacking system when the system was released and dropped a beam. The beam landed on the employee's head, causing a fractured C2 vertebra.

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