# Fractures at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212573` · 12/7/2018 · MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Parking lot-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 Brown Ave., MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03103
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a loading dock took a step backwards to load a package onto a truck that had been backed up to the loading dock. However, the truck had pulled away and the employee fell 50 inches to the pavement, resulting in a broken wrist, elbow, hip, and pelvis.

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