# Fractures at UPS FREIGHT
> OSHA SIR `2019011136` · 1/31/2019 · CARTERET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS FREIGHT
- **Location:** 1000 BLAIR RD, CARTERET, NEW JERSEY, 07008
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping out the back of a trailer at a loading dock when the driver began to reposition the vehicle. The employee tried to exit the trailer onto the loading dock but missed and hit the ground, fracturing the right ankle, tibia, and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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