# Fractures at FedEx Ship Center
> OSHA SIR `20231110524` · 11/15/2023 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ship Center
- **Location:** 3600 Grays Ferry Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19146
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.

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