# Sprains, strains, minor tears at Federal Express Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024043702` · 4/29/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, minor tears
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Bumpers
- **Secondary source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Express Corporation
- **Location:** 632 West Cargo Road, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back bumper of his delivery truck while unloading the truck onto a belt. The bumper detached from the undercarriage of the the truck and he fell to the ground and struck his left knee. The employee sustained a sprained knee.

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