# Fractures at Freeman Company
> OSHA SIR `2024109702` · 10/18/2024 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Wheel chocks, blocks
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeman Company
- **Location:** 9899 International Dr., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32819
- **NAICS:** 711310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking along the dock, tripped over a wheel chock, and fell off the dock into the concrete dock basin 3.5 to 4 feet below. The employee sustained rib fractures and other injuries on the right side.

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