# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20171211696` · 12/9/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** O'Hare International Airport, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an "A" frame ladder to open the cargo hatch of an airplane when he lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking his right ankle and requiring surgery.

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