# Fractures at United Parcel Service, Inc. dba UPS
> OSHA SIR `2024088068` · 8/30/2024 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** United Parcel Service, Inc. dba UPS
- **Location:** 2301 Rose Street, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been kneeling on a stopped sort belt to retrieve a package. When climbing off the belt, the employee fell approximately 2.5 feet to the ground and landed on their left side. The employee suffered injuries to the left shoulder and leg, as well as a fracture to the left arm that required surgery.

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