# Fractures at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2019021259` · 2/4/2019 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 3003 S West St, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67217
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening a 15' wide by 20' tall manual overhead door using the pull chain. While using the pull chain to the pulley and sprocket, a spring mechanism fell and struck him on the head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a cracked C1 vertebrae.

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