# Bruises, contusions at XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT
> OSHA SIR `2025032529` · 3/17/2025 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT
- **Location:** 7649 Penn Drive, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually maneuvering a pallet onto its side for loading into a trailer door when he fell backward off the dock onto the cement surface, striking his head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a contusion to the head.

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