# Fractures at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2020054106` · 5/1/2020 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 605  East McDowell Road, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39204
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-taping a large irregular package. The employee's right hand was caught between the package and the package cart, causing two broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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