# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at FEDEX EXPRESS
> OSHA SIR `2020054601` · 5/18/2020 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX EXPRESS
- **Location:** 13342 Lake Shore Dr., EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 483113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting packages on a caster dock when he fell from the dock to the floor below. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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