# Fractures at FedEx Freight, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108684` · 10/8/2021 · ALICE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Tow truck
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight, Inc.
- **Location:** 68 S. Wright, ALICE, TEXAS, 78332
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing down from an 18-wheeler tractor that was jacked up on a tow truck. The employee fell off the steps to the curb, suffering broken ribs.

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