# Fractures at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `20171211693` · 12/9/2017 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Golf cart, personnel transport cart
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 6620 Westgate Dr., BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77706
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was making a sharp U-turn while driving a golf cart (delivery vehicle) when he tried to prevent the cart from tipping over using his left foot resulting in broken bones in his left leg.

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