# Crushing injuries at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032771` · 3/29/2022 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 6800 South 6th Street, OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling an irregular cart full of heavy bulk packages out of an automated guided vehicle. The cart ran into him, pinning him against a structural pole and crushing his torso.

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