# Fractures at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `2021053820` · 5/10/2021 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** N/A, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43085
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped out of a delivery truck via the driver's side door and suffered a broken ankle as he stepped onto the pavement. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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