# Fractures at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `2024076033` · 7/5/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 4117 Mckinney Falls Pkwy, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78744
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking back to work after a break when she slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing her ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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