# Fractures at FEDEX FREIGHT EAST INC
> OSHA SIR `20211110141` · 11/23/2021 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDEX FREIGHT EAST INC
- **Location:** 5501 PARIS ROAD, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65202
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on top of pallets on a dock. The employee fell from the pallets to the ground, suffering a broken left leg.

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