# Sprains at United Parcel Services
> OSHA SIR `2021119726` · 11/10/2021 · NORWALK, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Chutes
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Services
- **Location:** 190 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive, NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, 06854
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shepherd's hook to dislodge packages that were jammed in a chute. The employee's hand and wrist were trapped between a package and the side panel. The employee suffered a sprained wrist.

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