# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2017010228` · 1/9/2017 · SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 280 Midland Ave, SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY, 07663
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker with an irregular package when he lost his footing on metal grating and fell through the hole of the safeguards onto the concrete. He broke his right upper arm and was hospitalized.

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