# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2018088305` · 8/14/2018 · CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lowering-single episode
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 87 BRICK KILN ROAD, CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01824
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 14, 2018, a UPS employee injured his lower back while placing a package on the floor of a package car.

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