# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at New South Express Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022021529` · 2/16/2022 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New South Express Inc
- **Location:** 1236 Urbana Road, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been on top of an open-top truck, smoothing out wood chips. While climbing down from the chip trailer, the employee fell to the ground and sustained a head injury, broken ribs, and a broken hip.

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