# Fractures at XPO Logistics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087585` · 8/11/2020 · ELMSFORD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics, Inc.
- **Location:** 6 Warehouse Lane, ELMSFORD, NEW YORK, 10523
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking up steps when a handrail gave way, causing the employee to fall forward onto the steps. He suffered an injury to the left elbow and a broken left forearm and right wrist.

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