# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2019087927` · 8/2/2019 · JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 714 Heisinger Rd, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, 65109
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer when his foot became lodged between a bar and a moving conveyor belt near the tail of the belt. His right ankle was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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