# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2020065395` · 6/10/2020 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders-fixed
- **Secondary source:** Relays, rheostats, starters, controls
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 1 Hog Island Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After climbing an attached ladder to retrieve packages from a conveyor, an employee began climbing down the ladder when he fell off and hit his arm on the top of a control box. He punctured his right inner arm and was hospitalized.

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