# Fractures at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2017043856` · 4/27/2017 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 5020 IVY ST., COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the irregular package section when a coworker extended a package slide so packages could migrate to a lower conveyor. The employee then walked and hit the slide, falling to the floor and breaking his femur.

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