# Fractures at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212923` · 12/16/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 6765 Dunn Ave, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32219
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the rear of a delivery vehicle from the passenger side using three points of contact when his foot slipped off of the vehicle's step. He was unable to grip the handrail before falling on the ground. His left hip hit the rear bumper, causing a fracture to his hip, and he also fractured his wrist upon impact with the ground. He was hospitalized.

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