# Fractures at Fedex Express Sort Facility
> OSHA SIR `2023087807` · 8/24/2023 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Airport utility vehicle-powered
- **Secondary source:** Airport runways
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Express Sort Facility
- **Location:** 1000 Southwest 34th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33315
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing the ladder attached to a cargo loader to get ready to mate the loader to the plane. The employee slipped and fell to the tarmac from the top of the ladder resulting in a fractured upper left leg.

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