# Fractures at XPO Logistics, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2024109299` · 10/4/2024 · GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics, LTD
- **Location:** 445 Mason Dixon Road, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17225
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a trailer unloading a pallet of freight from a deck. As the employee released the deck beam holding the freight, the freight fell on him. The employee sustained fractured ribs and required hospitalization.

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