# Fractures at SAIA Motor Freight
> OSHA SIR `2018099757` · 9/20/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** SAIA Motor Freight
- **Location:** 2830 S. 7th Street, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77701
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell backwards while exiting from a trailer. His right knee hit the tongue-side of a dolly below, before he fell to the ground. He fractured both kneecaps and suffered tendon injuries in both knees.

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