# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2017098551` · 9/5/2017 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 3300 AIRPORT ROAD, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 5, 2017, an employee parked and was exiting a vehicle when he lost his footing and tripped, fracturing his femur.

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