# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021216` · 2/7/2017 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 2525 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to couple a piece of equipment to a "dog house." He stepped onto the "dog house" dock plate, which slipped pinning his right leg  between the equipment and the dock plate. His leg injury required hospitalization.

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