# Fractures at FedEx Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025032702` · 3/21/2025 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Corporation
- **Location:** 347 Metroplex Rd., NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assigned to work on both levels (upper and lower) to load and unload pallets. The employee entered the cargo door and stepped onto a roller/loader. The employee was hit by a moving pallet entering the right side of the top load (upper level) of the aircraft. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right foot.

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