# Fractures at FedEx Freight
> OSHA SIR `2024010444` · 1/16/2024 · MERCEDES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Freight
- **Location:** 1306 Anaquitas St., MERCEDES, TEXAS, 78570
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a 28-foot trailer manually pulling a pallet with a dock hook when they lost their balance and fell on the trailer floor. The employee sustained a right arm fracture that required surgery.

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