# Fractures at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2024054581` · 5/24/2024 · SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 315 Hartford Turnpike, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a platform breaking a package jam from an outbound chute. He lost balance, slipped, and fell backward off the loading dock. He landed on the ground and sustained a fractured elbow.

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