# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2016043153` · 4/14/2016 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 5700 MORRISON ROAD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70126
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a natural gas powered vehicle. A noise startled the employee, who then fell backward and made contact with the lip of the fueling island, breaking his right leg in the process. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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