# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110610` · 11/17/2023 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 10155 Monroe Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75229
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading packages from a conveyor belt when a package became jammed on the belt. As he pulled on the package, it struck the right side of his face, including his eye. The employee suffered an eye injury that required surgery.

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