# Fractures at FedEx Express
> OSHA SIR `2023109702` · 10/20/2023 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Express
- **Location:** 5701 Postal Road, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning in product and went to step across the tongue of the trailer. The employee tripped over the tongue and fell to the ground fracturing their shin in multiple places which required surgery.

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