# Fractures at UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098161` · 9/5/2023 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 10 Sonny Perdue Drive, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31408
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to their bay to perform loading and unloading operations. A jammed package came over the side barrier of the overhead belt system. The 18-pound package fell onto the employee from the height of the rafters causing a fractured neck and contusions to the head.

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