# Fractures at UPS Freight Forwarding
> OSHA SIR `20191111626` · 11/7/2019 · CHILLICOTHE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Freight Forwarding
- **Location:** Caterpillar Inc., CHILLICOTHE, ILLINOIS, 61523
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee at a customer site was attempting to free a stuck pallet. When the jack came free, the employee fell backwards sustaining a fracture to their left wrist requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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