# Fractures at United Parcel Service
> OSHA SIR `2024021805` · 2/27/2024 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service
- **Location:** 13700 Independence Pkwy, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76177
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a box off a pallet when the box fell toward her, causing her to fall backward. The employee fractured her wrist when she was bracing herself for the fall.

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