# Fractures at Deep South Freight
> OSHA SIR `20221210596` · 12/6/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Deep South Freight
- **Location:** 2221 17th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35204
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck driver was picking up a trailer. He was lifting the landing gear of his truck to prepare to hitch the trailer when the truck rolled backward and pinned him against the trailer. The employee sustained multiple fractured ribs.

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