# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211135` · 12/6/2023 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 6800 South 6th Street, OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at the sort aisle while sorting packages. Packages rolled down a ramped conveyor belt and a 42-pound package struck the back of the employee's head. The employee sustained a concussion and a broken jaw.

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