# Fractures at XPO Logistics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201010288` · 10/29/2020 · PLOVER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** XPO Logistics, Inc.
- **Location:** 2920 Twin Towers Drive, PLOVER, WISCONSIN, 54467
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping down a piece of freight inside a trailer. The employee had one strap secured and was securing a second one when the first strap failed. The freight fell onto the employee, breaking the employee's back.

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