# Fractures at FedEx Freight
> OSHA SIR `2022076438` · 7/22/2022 · NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight
- **Location:** 2600 Hirtzel Road, NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA, 16428
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a freight truck and had climbed onto the freight. The employee slipped and fell 2-3 feet from the freight to the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and required hip surgery.

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