# Fractures at UPS Chalk Hill
> OSHA SIR `2024109461` · 10/10/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Straight trucks, box trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS Chalk Hill
- **Location:** 4333-4495 Dallas Fort Worth Turnpike, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a package unload device to remove packages from a vehicle. The device moved and caught the employee's right thumb against the shelving of the vehicle, breaking and crushing it.

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