# Fractures at US Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097547` · 9/2/2021 · NIOBRARA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** US Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 206 Frazier Avenue, NIOBRARA, NEBRASKA, 68760
- **NAICS:** 425120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing cases from the side door of the freezer section of a trailer. He fell approximately 4 feet from the trailer deck to the asphalt parking lot, landed on his back, and suffered three broken ribs and an injured tailbone.

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