# Cuts, lacerations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2021021178` · 2/9/2021 · ASHLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1253 Crestview Drive, ASHLAND, OHIO, 44805
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a residential delivery when he slipped and fell on a driveway covered in partial ice and snow, hitting his head and resulting in a laceration that required two staples to close. The employee was hospitalized.

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