# Strains at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032663` · 3/13/2019 · MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 8350 Murphy Drive, MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, 53562
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While trying to free a semi's landing gear (which had been frozen to the ground), an employee suffered an abdominal strain. The employee was hospitalized.

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