# Fractures at XPO Logistics
> OSHA SIR `20161211648` · 12/14/2016 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics
- **Location:** 2625 West Belt Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading his trailer on a snowy dock surface. When he went to lift the dock plate, he lost his balance and fell onto his right hip, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization.

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