# Damage to artificial limb(s) at UPS
> OSHA SIR `20201010093` · 10/23/2020 · NORTH APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Prosthetic and orthopedic devices of the trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Damage to artificial limb(s)
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 2006 River Road, NORTH APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, 15673
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a package that weighed over 70lbs. to load it onto a truck when her hip gave out. The employee's artificial hip was fractured.

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