# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at United Parcel Services of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211731` · 12/29/2023 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Services of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 2404 Fruge Street, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a conveyor and manually moving packages when he lost his balance and fell head first onto the side of a chute. The employee suffered lacerations and contusions to the head above the eyebrow. The employee was hospitalized.

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