# Fractures at FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201110910` · 11/17/2020 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Nixon ln, EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08837
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while stepping out of a yard switcher. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left wrist and left hand, contusions to the right hand, and scratches on both knees. The employee was hospitalized.

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