# Fractures at United Parcel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076390` · 7/15/2024 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Shipping containers
- **Secondary source:** Airplane powered fixed wing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1240 Toffie Terrace, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30354
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 15, 2024, an employee was pulling a cargo container out from the back of an airplane that was stuck. When it finally dislodged, it broke loose and struck the employee's right leg. The leg was broken.

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