# Fractures at YRC Freight, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023032268` · 3/13/2023 · RICHFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** YRC Freight, Inc
- **Location:** 5250 Brecksville Road, RICHFIELD, OHIO, 44286
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was unloading freight at a dock door. The employee exited their powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to read a label on freight when another employee pulled the door. The dock plate fell causing the injured employee to fall approximately 4 feet from the dock to the concrete ground and sustain a compression fracture in his back and fractures to the ribs and tailbone.

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