# Cuts, lacerations at Federal Express Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018088087` · 8/8/2018 · OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Express Corporation
- **Location:** 6459 Polk Lane, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, 38654
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee backed his delivery truck to a loading dock. When he stepped from the truck, his left leg slipped between the truck bumper and dock. His leg was lacerated above the knee. A dock plate was not installed at the time of the incident.

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