# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20191212894` · 12/16/2019 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 520 S. JEFFERSON AVE., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 3-rung ships ladder, missed a rung, and fell 36 inches to the floor sustaining a broken ankle.

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