# Fractures at ABF Freight System
> OSHA SIR `2025087649` · 8/4/2025 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Medical beds, stretchers, cots
## Employer
- **Name:** ABF Freight System
- **Location:** 801 Terry Lane, WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a medical bed into a trailer when the freight began to fall, striking the employee on the head. He fell to the ground at the same level and struck his head on the concrete. The employee sustained a fractured skull.

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