# Fractures at ABF Freight System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241010128` · 10/30/2024 · FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ABF Freight System, Inc.
- **Location:** 1550 Truckers Drive, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72704
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading freight. They went to push the freight while standing on the forks of a forklift. The employee fell off the forks and struck the forks, sustaining broken ribs and a laceration behind an ear.

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