# Fractures at XPO Logistics Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088036` · 8/26/2016 · NEW COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics Inc.
- **Location:** 2580 Old Route 15, NEW COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17856
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee, with the assistance of other employees, was unloading a trailer of freight. A 1,300 pound pallet of materials fell on the employee causing a fractured left femur, cracked ribs and a possible right finger amputation.

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