# Fractures at XPO Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2020076890` · 7/21/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics
- **Location:** 8390 Hall Street, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was in the nose of a 53-foot trailer inspecting a piece of freight. Another employee pulled onto the dock plate at the rear of the trailer and the freight fell on the injured employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur.

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