# Fractures at UPS Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2024076160` · 7/9/2024 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Warehouse
- **Location:** 5014 Air Cargo Road, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13212
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was calibrating a scale for weighing airplane cargo. A 4,000-pound weight fell on the employee's foot. The employee suffered a broken right fibula and tibia.

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