# Fractures at XPO Logistics Freight Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022054167` · 5/12/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics Freight Inc
- **Location:** 3737 Airport, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78722
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading product on a pallet from a tractor trailer. The employee was using a sling because there was no loading dock at the establishment. While using the sling to pull the pallet to the back of the trailer, the pallet failed and the employee fell from the trailer to the ground. The employee sustained five broken ribs, a fractured right orbital bone, and a broken nose.

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