# Fractures at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `2023010694` · 1/23/2023 · STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
- **Location:** 170 Scofield Drive, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee has just finished delivering a package to a residential address when they slipped on snow or ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a distal femur fracture and a spiral fracture above the left knee.

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