# Cuts, lacerations at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2020010780` · 1/24/2020 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 605 EAST MCDOWELL ROAD, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39204
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing inside a building between two loading docks at the steps leading to a lower level.  A package fell off a belt and hit the employee. The employee lost his balance and fell down the steps. He suffered a head laceration and limited movement in his arms and legs due to pressure on his spine.

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