# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2024043292` · 4/15/2024 · HODGKINS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 1UPS Way, HODGKINS, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 561439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking and stepping down from a conveyor. He twisted his leg as he placed his foot down and fell to an adjacent grating surface approximately 27 inches below, resulting in a lower leg fracture that required surgery.

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